Mr Reed added that reforms would give councils the ability to “clean up local politics by rooting out those who bring the ...

The director general for adult social care is well placed to understand the issues at stake, writes independent social care ...

The East Midlands CCA mayor is pushing for greater devolution powers in a bid to unlock investment and put the authority on a ...

The government has appointed Brent LBC chief Kim Wright as a new commissioner at Slough BC. Ms Wright will take over from Ged ...

A unitary has rejected calls to pay a family the amount the ombudsman recommended for breaking the legal limit allowed in ...

Leeds City Council and the GMB Union have secured a partial agreement in an ongoing row over equal pay claims. In a joint ...

With ministers expected to make final decisions about fair funding reforms this month, LGC looks at the differing views on how to measure deprivation ...

A local democracy where councillors feel unsafe cannot foster open debate or representative decision-making, writes the chair ...

Lawyers and experts warn that "complicated" boundary changes for LGR outside of the district "building blocks" would open up ...

How worried should councillors standing for elections next May be about Reform? Head of content Kirsty Weakley looks at what ...

New independent governance reviews of council pension funds could result in fund mergers, the head of the statutory body that ...

The 14 local authorities in Kent and Medway have published a shortlist of five options for local government reorganisation ...