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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social housing tenants who are parents of anti-social children should be evicted from their homes, former Conservative leader's think-tank proposes.

A new report from the Social Market Foundation finds that taking social care out of council budgets would cut average council ...