The latest planning act reintroduces strategic planning and could change the role of council committees. James Wilmore runs through the key points.  At ...

Councils can deliver more human citizen experiences at scale while reducing the burden on staff and budgets, writes Professor ...

Adult social care directors have raised concerns that Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime, does not reflect the ...

Former leader and mayor of Newham LBC Sir Robin Wales and a former Labour councillor have defected from the Labour party to ...

Leicester City Council’s partnership with Leicestershire Police and a drug and alcohol treatment service won the public-public partnership award at the ...

Over three quarters of councils plan to raise council tax by the maximum allowed without a referendum, according to LGC's latest research. LGC’s latest ...

Councils have voiced their frustration towards the government’s overreliance on exceptional financial support (EFS) after a ...

More than a third of inspected councils failed to achieve at least a ‘good’ rating in the first wave of adult social care inspections by the Care Quality ...

The Treasury should not "underestimate the impact of local government reorganisation" on financial transparency, warns the Commons' public accounts ...

The chancellor struck an optimistic tone this lunchtime, but local government is still feeling the pinch writes head of content. Today's ...

Local Government Pension Scheme practitioners operate in a time of profound change replete with challenges but also ...

The Cumbria Combined Authority (CCA) and the Cheshire & Warrington Combined Authority have been officially created this week, ...