The number of “twin hat” directors with statutory responsibility for both adult and children’s social services has fallen to ...

Certainty over funding might be the only thing we can look forward to in next month’s Spending Review, writes Jonathan Werran ...

Over three quarters of planning committee members surveyed said the government’s 1.5 million homes target is “unachievable,” ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has urged local partners to “back, build, invest, and succeed” in a bid to deliver the ...

Greater Lincolnshire’s new mayor has vowed to invest in the region’s transport infrastructure in a bid to end its role as the ...

Birmingham City Council and the government have rejected a trade union’s claim that talks aimed at resolving the ongoing ...

Lancaster’s innovative planning work pushed national boundaries and won the Net Zero category at the LGC Awards 2024. People ...

What ministers decide to do about competing reorganisation bids in Surrey will give an indication of where their priorities ...

Plans to slash the budgets and non-clinical staff at integrated care boards by half could increase pressure on council ...

The Conservative party has lost majority control of Sevenoaks DC as nine of its members resigned the whip amid criticism of ...

The chancellor could learn from Suffolk’s greatest leader and boost growth by not going for a short term saving next month, ...

An exclusive analysis for LGC finds wide variation in efforts to tackle tenancy fraud, with fraudsters depriving councils of ...