A union leader has pledged to fight further cuts and called for an urgent restructure of council funding at a rally outside ...

Tameside MBC has made little progress on improving its children's services, government-appointed commissioner Andy Couldrick ...

The government has accepted the findings of a report on child exploitation and said agencies will work together in a bid to ...

The government has rejected the proposal for a new cross-border unitary centred around Gatwick Airport. A bid for a unitary ...

Labour has lost overall control at Chester West & Chester Council, which is led by LGA chair Louise Gittins (Lab), but ...

Last week’s announcement leaves councils with increasing expectations without commensurate resources, writes the chief economist at the Chartered ...

The government will stop funding a multi-billion pound scheme to help decarbonise public sector buildings following the ...

The local government minister’s push for neighbourhood area committees is personal, writes LGC editor Sarah Calkin Today's ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government is required to make £50m in “efficiency” savings per year by the end ...

The former chief of Essex CC and the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities, & Local Government are ...

Following an LGC roundtable discussion held in partnership with IFM Investors, Phelim Bolger from IFM Investors explores a ...

Leaders of the 10 districts and the county council have all ruled out a single unitary for Hertfordshire. The new leadership ...