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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Thurrock Council has filed a High Court claim against 23 councils in an escalation of its dispute with the Association for ...

Colin Phillips, 53, said he was not given the required notice before being confronted by bailiffs at his home over a ...