In a historic first, the Financial Reporting Council has banned the former chief financial officer of Thurrock Council from ...

The Government has announced the appointment of four commissioners at Spelthorne BC.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced plans to build tens of thousands of new homes on green belt land despite his ...

Claire Ward, a partner and local government sector specialist at Anthony Collins, discusses managing change after the local ...

Wakefield Council is set to trial a pilot project involving robots, enabling students to engage in school remotely.

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

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

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

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

Local authorities across the UK raised £360m from residential parking permits over the last five years, new research reveals.

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 ...

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