Scrapping integrated funding settlements and instead allowing mayors to keep a share of local tax revenues could help ...

Leaders of district councils in Essex have called for a more collaborative and evidence-based approach from Essex CC after ...

With the wheels in motion to set up more strategic authorities, Elliot Topham looks at what leadership skills are needed for ...

Entries for the inaugural LGC Inspiring Women in Local Government Awards have opened. The awards celebrate the women, teams, ...

The government has announced a £91m funding pot for 14 councils that currently receive exceptional financial support. These ...

Council pensions funds have been urged to work together on how they oversee the pool that invests their assets. Each of the 86 Local Government Pension ...

This followed a motion of no confidence in Cllr Saleem, moved at a full council meeting on 3 September. The leader of the Lib Dem group, Amjid Ali, was ...

Chief executives are calling for a "swift resolution" to the local government reorganisation review to "minimise sunk costs", safeguard partnerships and ...

The Labour MP Abena Oppong-Asare was last night voted chair of the the Commons housing, communities & local government select committee. She takes up ...

Local government reorganisation, AI and ethics were all on the agenda when democratic services staff gathered last week, ...

A former chief executive of the Falkland Islands government has joined Cornwall Council as interim deputy chief. Andy Keeling ...

The government’s pause to local government reorganisation has created fresh political and practical problems for councils, ...