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• New Lord Mayor of Leicester takes office

  17 May 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S new Lord Mayor has been handed the chains of office in a ceremony at the city’s Town Hall.

• Consultation launched ahead of potential changes to city’s children’s centres

  14 May 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked for views on services and support delivered at Leicester’s Children, Young People and Families Centres ahead of potential changes.

• More data published following Leicester cyber-attack

  9 April 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council says more data stolen during recent cyber-attack has been published.

• Cyber incident update: 3 April 2024

  3 April 2024

  2 minute read

  The city council's strategic director of city developments and neighbourhoods has provided an update on the cyber incident that was identified on 7 March.

• Main council services back online following cyber incident

  28 March 2024

  1 minute read

  MOST of the city council’s main service portals are now back online, following the cyber incident that forced the council to shut down its systems on 7 March.

• Cyber incident update: 19 March 2024

  19 March 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is continuing to recover from the cyber incident that led it to shut down its phone lines and IT systems on Thursday 7 March.

• Council in ‘recovery phase’ after cyber incident

  13 March 2024

  1 minute read

  THE CYBER incident that led the city council to shut down its IT systems last Thursday (7 March) could continue to disrupt council services for at least two weeks, according to the director who’s leading the council’s recovery.

• Council expects IT shutdown to continue until at least midweek

  11 March 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council says it will take at least until the middle of this week before it can get its IT systems and phone lines up and running, after it was forced to shut them down last Thursday following a cyber incident.

• City council IT system shut down as precaution due to cyber incident

  8 March 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council IT systems and phones lines have been temporarily shut down as a precaution while a cyber incident is investigated.

• City Mayor joins calls for Government to extend help to poorest households

  5 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’s City Mayor has joined council leaders from across the country calling on the Government to rethink its plans to end a vital financial lifeline to the least well-off families.

• City marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  24 January 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to remember those killed in genocides around the world at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day.

• Report sets out financial pressure on city’s homelessness services

  3 January 2024

  3 minute read

  A HUGE rise in the number of people facing homelessness in Leicester means the city council is facing extra budgetary pressures of up to £54million.