Local government has the opportunity to define its role in new governance arrangements, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley ...

Districts risk being excluded from strategic planning decisions if local government reorganisation does not go ahead, according to a city leader. At this ...

Five districts in Leicestershire have jointly signed a legal action protocol letter, despite the government pausing the local government reorganisation ...

Following a summer which saw record breaking temperatures and drought, James Wilmore examines local government’s track record on adapting to the changing ...

The relationship between local and central government is “dysfunctional” and Whitehall has a “total lack of understanding of how local government ...

West Surrey shadow authority has requested to see the legal advice that led to the wider pause in the local government reorganisation programme. The ...

Council chief executives are continuing preparations for local government reorganisation despite the government’s decision to ...

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

Bracknell Forest Council chief executive Susan Halliwell has been appointed to the same position at the new West Surrey ...

The pause and review of local government reorganisation should result in a “material change of direction”, the County ...

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

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