Plans for minimum conduct standards across councils that would make it possible to suspend and disqualify members have been ...

Senior Local Government Pension Scheme figures have expressed support for cross-pool collaboration on local investment. Under ...

Local government reorganisation may not happen within this parliament after ministers refused to commit to a timetable for ...

At least 20 councils are predicting 2026-27 overspends in their latest financial reports, LGC analysis has found – including ...

A councillor has said local government reorganisation has been blamed for one of her residents being unable to bury their ...

A pause without a deadline is another form of instability, writes the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public ...

The sector is reeling from the government's announcement that local government reorganisation is under review. The Ministry ...

Six Labour MPs are vying to become chair to the Commons housing, communities & local government committee. The role is vacant ...

East Midlands CA mayor Claire Ward (Lab) is the new chair of UK Mayors. She is taking over from West Yorkshire CA mayor Tracy ...

Council leaders that had backed the proposed reorganisation have also expressed frustration at the government’s decision to ...

The government will review local government reorganisation decisions after getting updated legal advice. Communities secretary Angela Rayner is due to make an announcement today in Parliament ...

Tom Riordan, the former chief executive of Leeds City Council, has been appointed permanent secretary at the Ministry of ...