More funding for the north will be the “direction of travel” for this parliament, the deputy prime minister has said, while planning reforms will hand ...

Planning authorities will be required to adopt new local plans within 30 months of starting the process despite concerns from ...

Mark Palethorpe is set to be appointed the next chief executive of St Helens MBC, subject to approval by councillors. Mr ...

The Treasury should provide a spending framework that supports cross-departmental work to address “systemic weaknesses” in ...

In the week that the eight organisations that invest billions of pounds for council pension funds have to justify their ...

Two London boroughs have announced the appointment of a new interim chief executive. Andrew Travers is set to succeed Brian ...

New strategic partnerships will leverage contributions from organisations like the Local Government Pension Scheme, writes ...

Questioned by MPs, the local government minister insisted there would be real advantages to devolution – but his cautious ...

Opposition members have forced Derby City Council’s leadership to drop its plans to raise council tax by the maximum possible ...

Written evidence for an inquiry on council finances highlight need for urgent reform, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley.

Three of the six Berkshire unitary councils were granted exceptional financial support (EFS) last week but they told LGC that ...

Suffolk CC is proposing creating a single unitary for the whole county as part of its area’s current devolution and ...