The most senior district councillor in the country has warned it could take up to a decade before savings from local government reorganisation are achieved.

Havering Council’s proposal to develop a data centre on green belt land has been met with resistance from residents and local Reform party representatives.

Artificial intelligence (AI) use among councils is increasing, but one in 10 are still not using any forms of the technology, ...

Natalie Kenneison, COO at Imosphere, argues that the real SEND funding crisis isn’t just about budgets - it’s about the ...

Britain’s roads are in crisis – and no one knows that better than Mark Morrell, aka Mr Pothole. LocalGov reports.

Council leaders have called on the Government to invest in occupational therapists (OTs) to improve health, care, and ...

A new report by two Labour MPs has estimated that defence companies have lost out on £30m in investment because of council ...

Rural bus services have decreased by 18% since 2019 due to insufficient transport funding in county and rural areas, new ...

Cllr Arooj Shah, chair of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, said: ‘We must the end the adversarial nature of the ...

Former chairman of Reform UK, Zia Yusuf, has announced he is returning to the party to run its DOGE team shortly after ...

New research reveals local authorities are ‘consistently failing to fund homecare’, with 27% of contracts falling below ...

Weaknesses in developer contributions system intended to fund affordable housing are undermining the councils' ability to ...