West Yorkshire CA Mayor Tracy Brabin is calling for further cross-party talks at Kirklees MBC, with the council’s lack of a ...

LGC looks at what Andy Burnham’s tenure as mayor tells us about what local government can expect if he does become prime minister. In almost a decade as mayor of Greater Manchester CA, Andy Burnham ...

Less than a fortnight before the deadline for legal action over local government reorganisation, chief reporter Caitlin Webb ...

The government has announced plans for mayors to “drive” reforms in how public services are procured, commissioned and ...

Ministers went against officials' advice when they decided to create five unitary councils in Essex, a letter from the ...

The system needs to organised in a way that allows prevention to be sustained when pressures rise, writes the chief executive ...

The education secretary has defended the government's proposed reforms to the special educations needs and disabilities ...

Three councils are trialling an artificial intelligence planning tool that aims to halve the time it takes to make decisions ...

Direct lending has become an increasingly popular option for pension funds seeking to diversify their investments. Jonathan ...

London Councils announced Hammersmith & Fulham LBC Stephen Cowan (Lab) as its new chair yesterday at its annual meeting. Cllr ...

The chair of the Commons public accounts committee has warned that the government’s programme for getting local auditing back on track is “a long way off delivering”, as a lack of assured council data ...

The communities secretary has pledged to tackle temporary accommodation costs facing councils. Temporary accommodation has ...