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• Work begins on city’s new £1.8m children’s home

  22 August 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK is under way to build a new children’s home in Leicester, boosting the number of council-run placements available for children and young people in care.

• 20 largest local authority landlords call for new government to save council homes

  10 July 2024

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has joined with England’s other largest council landlords to jointly publish five solutions for the new government to ‘secure the future of England’s council housing.’

• Flag raising to mark start of Armed Forces Week in Leicester

  21 June 2024

  1 minute read

  THE FLAG of the Armed Forces will be raised in Leicester’s Town Hall Square on Monday (24 June) to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

• Trading Standards staff check prices are clear in smaller shops

  10 June 2024

  2 minute read

  TRADING Standards officers from Leicester City Council have been supporting an operation to ensure clear pricing is on display in smaller shops.

• New service aims to prevent homelessness and increase addiction recovery in Leicester

  24 May 2024

  2 minute read

  CITY council tenants in Leicester who face homelessness because of problems with drug or alcohol use are receiving help from a new team of housing support workers.

• 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.