Labour has lost overall control at Chester West & Chester Council, which is led by LGA chair Louise Gittins (Lab), but ...

The local government minister’s push for neighbourhood area committees is personal, writes LGC editor Sarah Calkin Today's ...

The former chief of Essex CC and the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities, & Local Government are ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government is required to make £50m in “efficiency” savings per year by the end ...

Following an LGC roundtable discussion held in partnership with IFM Investors, Phelim Bolger from IFM Investors explores a ...

The government will stop funding a multi-billion pound scheme to help decarbonise public sector buildings following the ...

Norfolk CC has set out plans for a single new unitary council for the area, which its analysis says could save £36.2m a year.

Ministers intend to appoint commissioners to Croydon LBC due to finances “deteriorating rapidly” and “serious concerns” from ...

Leaders of the 10 districts and the county council have all ruled out a single unitary for Hertfordshire. The new leadership ...

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough council leaders have announced that they are considering three options that would create two ...

Telford & Wrekin Council has been named LGC Council of the Year at a ceremony that celebrated the very best of local government. The council beat ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed over £1bn of financial support towards reforms to children's social care and the ...