The government is set expand its programme of regional care cooperatives (RCCs) following last year’s launch of two ...
Homelessness charity Centrepoint has warned some councils are not meeting their legal duty to assess young people facing ...
The government has published the names of 22 councils and one combined authority that missed the local audit backstop deadline. In a statement released ...
Essex CC has said it is “looking to legally challenge” the government’s local government reorganisation decision proposal ...
Local authorities have never been under more pressure to deliver - and the way they procure construction projects is a big ...
The average size of the new 16 unitary councils announced today is almost 150,000 less than the government’s initial minimum ...
The government has placed a premium on smaller councils and housebuilding, writes acting editor Martin George. Today’s top ...
The County Councils Network (CCN) has raised “serious questions” about the local government reorganisation decisions ...
Councils along the South East coast have expressed polarised views of the government’s ruling to delay a decision on the new ...
The government has opted for between three and five new councils in four areas on the devolution priority programme, but ...
Birmingham City Council's Labour leader John Cotton lost a confidence vote yesterday, just six weeks before the local ...
A "stalwart" of the Local Government Pension Scheme who has spent more than three decades working in the scheme has been ...