The role of councillors has never been more important, with local government reorganisation set to reduce their number while ...

Council leaders are working together in a bid to find common ground in response to the government’s plans for local ...

A lack of transparency about why ministers rejected the business plans of two Local Government Pension Scheme pools has been ...

The government must address the “drivers” of funding pressures on councils alongside reform of how funding is allocated, the ...

The spirit of devolution and localism, and delivering a generational shift in power to local people, is at the heart of the ...

The Local Government Association has backed calls for councils to be given a statutory duty to lead on climate action. The ...

Councils' adult social care overspend hit £774m with directors reporting an increase in more complex cases as the NHS tightened eligibility for support, ...

The government’s flagship pensions bill needs “guardrails” to prevent ministers misusing its “very broad” powers to intervene ...

Without guarantees to give communities the tools to deliver growth, the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill may ...

Four council pension funds in London are unlikely to follow the government’s preference for them to seek advice from the ...

Kent CC chief executive Amanda Beer has instructed council officers to "remain apolitical" amid controversy over a proposed ...

Councils involved in a ‘vanguard’ programme to boost housing hope it will enable them to create the tools and conditions to ...