Conservative local government spokesperson Kevin Hollinrake has said council leaders are primarily responsible for their ...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £37,000 after Barnet Council inspectors found 18 people, including children, sharing a ...

The Government should use the best available evidence and most up-to-date data to calculate local authority funding ...

Brighton and Hove City Council, which has pledged that the region will be carbon neutral by 20230, has ditched electric buses ...

Coventry City Council has dropped proposed cuts to charity-run adult services, street cleaning and council tax support due to ...

The announcement of £270m for museums and galleries is welcome but still just a ‘sticking plaster’ to cover a lack of funding ...

The average wait for council housing has almost hit the three-year mark with one London borough reporting the average wait to ...

The failed implementation of Birmingham City Council’s new IT system could cost the taxpayer £90m more than was originally budgeted, auditors have revealed.

Cambridgeshire CC’s decision to close down a service helping children in care would harm vulnerable children and cost more ...

The first leader of North Northamptonshire Council has announced he is stepping down at the local elections in May to ...

Councillors in postponed elections could serve for just 12 months before fresh polls are held to new unitaries unless ...

More than half of unitary and upper tier councils could be unable to balance their books when the statutory override for ...