Shokat Lal tells LGC how clarity and focussing on the “fundamentals” means the formerly troubled council now has a positive ...

The District Councils’ Network has renamed itself the Local Councils Network as its chair warned of the risk that reorganisation benefits may be ...

The government’s proposals will not succeed unless a host of wider interconnected issues are recognised, writes the incoming president of the Association ...

The government has set out a list of "minimum interventions" that integrated care boards should deliver for neighbourhood ...

Government amendments to the devolution bill set out how local scrutiny committees will hold mayors to a higher standard.

Some of the biggest councils in England are set to save millions of pounds in employer pension contributions after their ...

The new-look LGPS needs a way to protect local accountability while avoiding regulatory overreach, writes the tri-borough ...

Rachel Reeves has begun the process of developing “a roadmap for future fiscal devolution”, which will be published at the ...

South Cambridgeshire DC opposes the government's plan to install a development corporation across Greater Cambridgeshire. Councillors met for an ...

Yesterday's commitment from the chancellor to fiscal devolution is a victory for the sector, writes Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran. Today's news ...

Councils will no longer have to choose between providing library and park services and leaving vulnerable adults without the care they need, writes an ...

Reform UK has established an “SAS squad of experts” to look at potential savings in some councils ahead of this year's local ...