Unison activists are urging Bristol CC to investigate introducing a ‘Bristol weighting’ payment for all council employees.

Councils in Derbyshire are planning to create an £18m reserves fund to help pay for the reorganisation of local government in ...

Sheffield City Council has signed a contract guaranteeing the World Snooker Championship will remain at the Crucible Theatre ...

Scottish Parliament A ‘new structure for local government in Scotland' has been announced by first minister John Swinney. His ...

Inspectors are to carry out a new round of checks on how councils, police and health services respond to neglect among ...

The UK Government has released the first £52.1m of a £140m Local Growth Fund to five Scottish regions, after approving their ...

Wandsworth LBC is to use legislation introduced almost 20 years ago in an attempt to fend off government funding cuts.

Former health and social care secretary James Murray was urged to rethink the plans to remove the statutory right for local ...

A new report from the Social Market Foundation finds that taking social care out of council budgets would cut average council tax bills by around £356 per household, with the largest reductions in the ...

The Government has been urged to bring the threshold for social care support in line with inflation as part of reforms.

It is ‘critical’ that Glasgow City Council deliver its new pay and grading structure by April 2027, the Accounts Commission ...

Private equity firms now own or partly own 11 of England's 20 largest fostering and children's home providers, according to ...