The Local Government Association has warned the government that its provisional settlement is unlikely to "halt" the annual ...

Reform UK has been given a date for a legal challenge against the government over the potential postponement of local ...

High needs spending has increased by more than 50% in five years, driven by rising numbers of pupils with education, health ...

We must embrace different approaches to public participation in democracy and delivery of public services, writes the regional and local government ...

A councillor has defected from Reform UK to the Conservative party meaning the unitary is no longer under no overall control.

Councils did not start the process of cancelling elections, the rules of game were set by ministers before local leaders were ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed is planning further intervention at Tower Hamlets LBC by granting the envoy team further ...

Councils continue to struggle with rising demand and structural pressures as debt rose and reserves fell last year, according ...

The four councils asked to make their positions on postponing elections “explicit” have "reconfirmed" their positions.  ...

Former local government minister Jim McMahon has called on the chancellor to increase the recovery grant to £1bn, arguing it ...

Bedford BC has announced it will request exceptional financial support (EFS) from the government as part of its 2026-27 ...

The new body could help capture real time learning to emerging or evolving risks, writes the chair of the Association of ...