There is a lot at stake in May's local elections, with more than 5,000 seats on English councils up for grabs. This episode ...

The government’s package moves in the right direction but it must work ever more closely with every local leader in every ...

With the Greens targeting Labour strongholds and Reform aiming for Tory heartlands, next month could see a historic set of ...

Elections are being held for two new unitaries in Surrey. Caitlin Webb looks at what the issues are and what residents think ...

The incoming president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) Phil Holmes has pledged to bring ...

The sector has a week to submit written evidence to a new inquiry that aims to help shape the government’s thinking, writes ...

Local government's confidence in Sir Keir Starmer’s government continues to deteriorate, LGC’s latest survey of senior ...

Findings from the latest LGC confidence survey shows that Labour has now largely spent the goodwill from the sector when it ...

A deal that would end a refuse worker strike that has lasted over a year in Birmingham is “within sight,” Labour said this ...

The Liberal Democrat group leader at the Local Government Association Joe Harris is stepping down from a range of leadership ...

Children's services risk being overwhelmed by the new duty to report child sexual abuse, writes the chair of the families, ...

East Hampshire DC has appointed its executive director of operations Dawn Adey as its next chief executive, succeeding Gill ...