Previous successful work was one of the clearest examples of how strong local leadership, backed by coordinated national ...

Shropshire Council has chosen its interim chief executive Tanya Miles for the job on a permanent basis. Former executive ...

Schools with higher proportion of pupils with special education needs or in areas with high deprivation received worse ...

The government has not set out how devolution of power and parliamentary accountability will interact, writes an honorary ...

The government removed powers to "direct" the establishment of combined authorities from the devolution bill to ensure it ...

Only a third of council figures are convinced the fair funding review will make the sector more financially sustainable and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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