It’s time to bring an end to wasteful outsourcing and fix the broken planning system, Green Party leader Zack Polanski told ...

Stronger accountability and scrutiny of mayors is needed should they be given greater fiscal powers under an Andy Burnham-led ...

Local government minister Alison McGovern MP said the LGPS must work closely with England's strategic authorities to deliver ...

Zoe Franklin MP issued a pointed warning to Andy Burnham at the LGA Conference, warning that Labour cannot use devolution to ...

That means the Government must be much bolder in tackling wider issues like obesity or moving care out of hospitals by ...

Adult social care reform requires a ‘different and more challenging conversation with the country’, Baroness Louise Casey has ...

Council employees are under sustained pressure, with more than a quarter (26%) reporting mental exhaustion by day's end, according to CSG research.

Seven local authorities have set aside a total of £20m to support local government reorganisation (LGR). Worcestershire ...

The prospects for social care reform under an Andy Burnham government could be constrained by his tax pledges, experts have ...

Norfolk County Council has launched a Section 42 safeguarding enquiry into the care of a man arrested after a toddler was ...

Andy Burnham’s proposed rates reforms could help cut business rates for over 100,000 small businesses but could cost £880m a ...

Changes to councils' financial reporting are being proposed in a bid to prevent a future collapse on the scale of Woking BC.