More than 100 local authorities have reported that they have not prosecuted any rogue landlords at all in half a decade, new research reveals.

England’s adult social care sector faces extra costs of £2.8bn next year due to changes announced in last month’s Budget, new research has revealed.

Image: Alex Yeung / Shutterstock.com. The Government could still appoint commissioners to councils despite the proposal to send in non-statutory ministerial envoys to Tower Hamlets LBC, The MJ ...

A former local government minister has expressed concerns over proposed reforms that could allow the suspension of ...

Image: Amerdeep Somal © Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called for it to be granted further powers to ...

Deficits in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) budgets are among the top concerns for the Public Accounts ...

Ministers' insistence on a directly-elected mayor is ‘fast appearing on the horizon as a major stumbling block for English ...

A think-tank has urged the Government to show ‘political courage’ in reforming the local government finance system in next ...

The council will use the funding boost to buy five properties for use as temporary accommodation and one as an Afghan ...

Local authorities across the country are offering emergency accommodation to people sleeping on the streets as temperatures fall below freezing. For the first time this winter, several councils have ...

The Government has announced a slew of children's social care reforms, including new responsibilities for councils.

North Tyneside Council has announced plans to cut 200 jobs as it grapples to balance its books. The council said it was facing a £9.5m overspend this year and finding it ‘increasingly difficult’ to ...