District leader is claiming victory over the Home Office after the government appeared to back away from plans to place ...

A London borough is set to use £100m from its pension fund to purchase new temporary accommodation in a scheme the leader has ...

A duty to consider the environment and climate would ensure these crucial matters are not sidelined, writes the chief ...

Cllr Cowan describes the case as a “Goldilocks” option which has identified a “sweet spot” where councils savings can be made ...

There was plenty of fighting talk at the Conservative conference, and curiously few mentions of the 'r-word', writes LGC ...

LGC analysis of implications of defections, including full list of Conservative councillors whose defections were announced ...

The comments came at a fringe session on LGR organised by the Local Government Association and chaired by LGA Tory group lead ...

Potential amendments to the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill could target mayoral accountability.

Councils, not combined authorities, should be get the “power” to raise tourism levies, the leader of Brighton & Hove City ...

Work carried out by Civiteq at Southampton City Council identified an extra £2m of extra revenue and built the capacity for ...

Analysis of the local government reorganisation proposals submitted by two-tier regions on the devolution priority programme ...

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly has called for an urgent review of building regulations to meet development ...