The government has given the LGPS much of the certainty it has asked for – but whether it will deliver what ministers want is ...

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

Kent CC has become the first Reform-controlled local authority to be scrutinised by a taskforce looking for spending cuts. A ...

The chief executive of the West Midlands CA Laura Shoaf has announced she will leave after four years in charge. Ms Shoaf’s ...

The council’s success was built on sustained capacity, institutional knowledge and the political will to think big and act ...

New figures reveal the costs of policing the Birmingham waste dispute have stung taxpayers for almost £1m. Figures were ...

Findings from the latest LGC confidence survey show the government must do more to show council figures that they understand ...

The honeymoon period for the Labour government is over, LGC’s latest survey of senior council figures reveals Optimism about ...

A council public health chief has hit back at the suggestion from former health secretary Matt Hancock that council teams ...

Devolution offers opportunities to build stronger, greener and more sustainable communities across the country, writes the ...

Hounslow LBC  Conservative councillor has defected to the Labour party in 12 months. Ranjit Gill, first elected to the ...

Government actuaries are expected to “look closely” at council pension funds that set high employer contribution rates ...