Devon could have a mayor by next May, according to the county's leader and chief executive. Julian Brazil (Lib Dem), leader ...

Challenges at Croydon LBC “remain significant” as the council continues to rely on exceptional financial support six years after first issuing a section 114 notice, commissioners have warned. In the ...

Local authorities would need £7bn over the next three years to maintain the same level of services, new analysis has revealed. New analysis by the Local ...

Andrew Seekings has announced he will retire as chief executive of Cumberland Council at the end of December after leading ...

Norfolk CC chief executive Tom McCabe is leaving his post after seven and a half years as the county’s most senior officer.

Councils need to “reset” their relationship with suppliers to improve procurement processes to take advantage of innovation, sector leaders have said. During LGC’s Digital Futures conference last week ...

Norfolk CC has begun a formal legal challenge to the government’s plans to reorganise the county. The council announced ...

New research suggests local government acts as a disciplining environment for political actors, writes the director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (Inlogov) at the University of ...

A growing number of councillors are quitting Reform UK, criticising the party for perceived flaws including infighting, a ...

Baroness Louise Casey told a group of senior MPs that unless councils are "equal partners" alongside the NHS, social care ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government "remains committed" to the local government reorganisation timeline.

Ofsted is planning to penalise local authorities who use “illegal” unregistered children’s homes in future inspections. The watchdog announced today that as part of its crackdown on “illegal homes”, ...