Neighbouring authorities have reacted cautiously to Birmingham City Council ’s plea for help to tackle the city’s ongoing bin ...

The government has issued a best value notice to Tees Valley CA, which will have implications for the authority’s attempts to ...

Dorset Council has announced that Catherine Howe is set to become its next chief executive. Matt Prosser, who has been chief ...

Greater Manchester CA mayor Andy Burnham (Lab) has called for “wholesale change” in how the UK operates so that Whitehall is ...

A group of MPs have said councils should have to inspect housing before it can be used for temporary accommodation, after ...

After LGC research uncovered more than 50 competing LGR proposals, head of content Kirsty Weakley argues the government was naïve to expect anything less ...

Five council officers were paid a total of more than £900,000 in compensation after losing their jobs at Castle Point BC. The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) ...

The government received at least 40 separate local government reorganisation interim plan submissions, LGC analysis has found ...

Formal neighbourhood-level power-sharing agreements between councils and community organisations would help close the gap ...

Striking a balance between cost, parental satisfaction and user outcomes is complex, but it can be done, writes David Colbear, delivery director at ...

The government is betting its pension reforms will boost UK investment but some are already asking what happens if it doesn’t ...

Birmingham’s government appointed commissioners have blamed officers for slow progress and said the council is “deeply wedded ...