A team of ministerial envoys are to be sent to Warrington BC amid doubts over the council's ‘willingness and capacity' to ...

The AASC was initially estimated to cost £4.5bn over a 10-year term. However, according to a briefing note by the National ...

The political proportionality of the Local Government Association (LGA) following the local elections has been confirmed.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under ...

The think tank characterised the proposed committees as ‘watchdogs with bite’. Director of IPPR North and report co-author, Zoë Billingham commented: ‘Mayors are getting more power and that’s a good ...

A blueprint document has set out changes to integrated care board (ICB) functions with a number being transferred to ...

The union will hold a consultative ballot on the offer of a 3.2% pay increase for 2025-26, which opens on 12 May and closes ...

An end to ‘public shaming' of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government minister Jim McMahon has ...

Local authority leaders have welcomed a new system designed to make it easier for veterans to access care and support but ...

MPs have urged the Government to measure the cost of inaction on social care and warned that failing to do so would mean ...

The Government must secure a trade deal with President Trump in ‘weeks, not months’ to avoid damage to the West Midlands ...

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has taken six councils from the Conservatives and control of Durham so far in the local ...