The Local Government Association has backed calls for councils to be given a statutory duty to lead on climate action. The ...

The government must address the “drivers” of funding pressures on councils alongside reform of how funding is allocated, the ...

The government’s flagship pensions bill needs “guardrails” to prevent ministers misusing its “very broad” powers to intervene ...

The spirit of devolution and localism, and delivering a generational shift in power to local people, is at the heart of the ...

Without guarantees to give communities the tools to deliver growth, the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill may ...

Councils' adult social care overspend hit £774m with directors reporting an increase in more complex cases as the NHS tightened eligibility for support, ...

Kent CC chief executive Amanda Beer has instructed council officers to "remain apolitical" amid controversy over a proposed ...

Councils involved in a ‘vanguard’ programme to boost housing hope it will enable them to create the tools and conditions to ...

Four council pension funds in London are unlikely to follow the government’s preference for them to seek advice from the ...

Councils must continue to create a trusted positive narrative that helps reduce the impact of false information, writes the ...

Ministers have warned Tower Hamlets LBC that if they are not satisfied with progress then statutory intervention could ...

The English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill will hand the communities secretary power to compel local government ...