The National Audit Office has found flaws with the developer contribution system that is undermining councils' ability to ...

The government has committed to legislating for remote attendance at council meetings when “time allows” and announced that ...

Nathaniel Fried, a technology entrepreneur who was a key member of Reform’s new unit to assess councils’ finances, quit last ...

Tackling climate change is a key priority for councils across the country, and energy policy is an indispensable part of this ...

To suggest there is significant waste left to cut in local government ignores reality, and the transparency with which ...

Advocates for the approach now sit at the centre of Whitehall but may struggle to implement their vision across government, ...

Leaders from five local authorities have launched a public consultation on their plans to form two new unitaries across ...

Nigel Farage wants councils to stop working on net zero but that’s not what residents and councils want, writes the ...

A year into the job as leader of Nottingham City Council, Neghat Khan (Lab) tells LGC about stepping in at a 'critical' time, ...

Profiteering, funding and increasing the number of high quality children’s homes are also needed, writes the president of the ...

Sector figures have warned that large unitaries supported by neighbourhood committees would be "insufficient" to meet the ...

Next month’s spending review could "make or break" county and unitary authority budgets without an injection of funding, the ...