Wirral Council chief Paul Satoor has become the latest senior figure to leave his post against a backdrop of mounting financial pressure and faltering regeneration plans.

The government’s mission playbook should be taken to a neighbourhood level, write Grace Wyld, head of policy and research, and Ollie Smith, policy ...

A London borough is set to use £100m from its pension fund to purchase new temporary accommodation in a scheme the leader has described as “groundbreaking”. Kensington & Chelsea RBC will spend the ...

District leader is claiming victory over the Home Office after the government appeared to back away from plans to place asylum seekers in a building previously declared unsafe.

Cllr Cowan describes the case as a “Goldilocks” option which has identified a “sweet spot” where councils savings can be made without introducing “diseconomies scale”, which analysis produced by Grant ...

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

There was plenty of fighting talk at the Conservative conference, and curiously few mentions of the 'r-word', writes LGC editor Sarah Calkin Today's top ...

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

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

Analysis of the local government reorganisation proposals submitted by two-tier regions on the devolution priority programme reveal a reduction of up to 1,532 councillors.

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

The comments came at a fringe session on LGR organised by the Local Government Association and chaired by LGA Tory group lead Kevin Bentley. Cllr Bentley, leader of Essex CC which is on the priority ...