England's children's services' chiefs are holding together a ‘new and ever-growing Jenga tower' of reforms including ...

The organisational culture at Newcastle City Council has improved but ‘significant behavioural and trust issues’ still remain ...

North Northamptonshire Council offices, Corby © Erhan Inga/Shutterstock North Northamptonshire Council has offered to help ...

Around 200,000 council and school staff across England and Wales began voting today on whether to take strike action over pay ...

UNISON's head of local government on why devolution means nothing without fair pay for council and school staff ...

Local government leaders have reacted to a call from Baroness Casey for a national health and social care service.

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

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

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 ...