The government has announced a £5bn funding “boost” over three years as it is set to confirm reforms to the local government ...

The switch to digital system for phone lines will affect everything from telecare to traffic lights and councils need to prepare, writes Professor Sultan Mahmud, director of health and communities, ...

Dorset Council has tightened user permissions and increased monitoring after failings were identified in a report on ...

Councillors from across the political spectrum expressed major concerns about LGR at this week’s County Councils Network ...

A total 17 proposals for the six regions have been brought forward and all are being taken forward for consultation, ...

Oldham MBC leader Arooj Shah (Lab) scooped the Leader of the Year Award at the 2025 Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) ...

Giving the housing secretary greater scope to intervene in planning decisions for sites with more than 150 homes does not ...

Wolverhampton City Council has launched a compliance scheme for beauty services such as Botox to try to “improve standards".

The final fair funding formula is unlikely to change distribution of cash between councils significantly as ministers have ...

Current deputy Andrew Crookham will take the top job at Lincolnshire CC following the retirement of Debbie Barnes as chief ...

Ministers and officials have been challenged to set out a clearer timetable for local government reorganisation, ...

Councils will have to tell ministers about decisions to refuse planning permission for large housing sites in case the ...