Council leaders “are key to local decision making” so they “must be an integral part” of governance “arrangements whatever ...

A government minister implored councils to “have a little bit of patience” ahead of the Budget next week. Alex Norris, ...

The local government minister praised progress made by Birmingham City Council as the first report from the intervention team ...

Some councils have begun programmes to overhaul their organisations and services as they look to tackle ballooning budget ...

Government intervention in Slough BC is set to be extended by two years and a managing director commissioner appointed as the ...

The policing minister sets out a plan for ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ and local government’s role in addressing anti-social ...

One in four councils in England have revealed they may be likely to apply for exceptional financial support in the next two ...

Three councils spent at least half their council tax revenue on homelessness support last financial year, new analysis has ...

Surging costs for upper tier authorities mean that if they were forced to include special educational needs on their revenue ...

A year on from publication, local authorities are using the tool to guide their journeys to net zero, writes the operations ...

Chief finance officers can be “too quick” to consider issuing a section 114 notice, the chief executive of a council that ...

A commission of housing experts is warning the government that unless housing is recognised as nationwide infrastructure ...