Senior council figures have raised concerns about the government’s handling of local government reorganisation (LGR) in LGC's ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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