Dacorum BC has appointed Darren Welsh as its interim chief executive. Mr Welsh succeeds Claire Hamilton, who left the role to ...

The success of once-in-a-generation local government reorganisation hinges on robust data, firm plans and collaborative leadership, writes a senior ...

Andrea Newman will join the Local Government Association as the director of communications and engagement. She will leave her post as the strategic ...

The County Councils Network has said new unitaries must cover a population of 500,000 or the cost of disaggregating services will wipe out potential ...

Merseyside Police has confirmed that 12 people connected to an investigation on the awarding of commercial and business contracts from Liverpool City ...

Thurrock Council’s commissioners warned ministers that that the local elections could have been a “volatile period” for the council. Earlier today the ...

LGC’s sample of more than 110 councils across England finds that four in five (80%) are planning the maximum increase in ...

The leader of Tameside MBC survived a vote of no confidence at an extraordinary council meeting held yesterday. Eleanor Wills, who was appointed leader by ...

The government has confirmed that the West of England CA's best value notice will not be extended. The notice, originally issued in March 2024, was ...

Investment in transport and local services can ensure towns aren’t left behind but lifted alongside thriving cities, writes a ...

Ministers have renamed the previous government’s £1.5bn Long Term Plan for Towns as the Plan for Neighbourhoods, and are giving places the opportunity to ...