The Department for Education is to appoint a specialist advisor at Tameside MBC to join the improvement board over "poor ...

Twelve of Leeds City Council’s home care providers have threatened to withdraw from contracts unless the council increases ...

Nearly one fifth of councils where there is no overall control are led by councillors from an independent or smaller party, ...

The Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill is the most significant legislation for children’s services for almost a decade, writes the president of the ...

Reporter Mark Smulian summarises the history of local government reorganisation Today's news and views OBR flags council finances as ‘substantial risk’ ...

Transport directors hope submitting potholes data will give the Department for Transport evidence to "argue the case" for ...

Public sector workforce reform will be a “key theme” of the spending review, the government has announced, as the chancellor ...

Five separate reorganisation plans have been submitted for Devon, despite the minister urging the area work together. There are 11 councils covering the ...

Yesterday's OBR forecast has highlighted how an increase in exceptional financial support shows "pressures on local authority ...

Reading BC has set out the case for expanding its boundaries into part of West Berkshire Council after its neighbour was ...

Suspension from the council, by the council, is fundamentally undemocratic, writes the emeritus professor of local politics ...

Today’s Spring Statement brought little change but plenty of uncertainty, writes LGC editor Sarah Calkin Latest spring ...