Councillors at Rochdale MBC have voted to appoint James Binks as the new chief executive. Mr Binks, currently an assistant ...

Council reserves have reduced while the percentage upper tier authorities spent on social care reached nearly four fifths of ...

District council leaders have described plans for two unitaries in Lincolnshire as “premature,” citing concerns over scale, ...

Mayoral combined authorities are struggling with executive capacity and should see more secondments from the civil service, ...

The Conservative administration at Cornwall Council has lost its majority after a councillor defected to the Independent ...

Resistance to local government reorganisation exists in most areas expected to produce plans this year, reports head of ...

The mayor of Tees Valley CA has called for directly elected mayors to be given the power to make decisions directly rather than in conjunction with ...

After this story was published the minister clarified his comments which LGC has covered here McMahon clarifies: ‘Councils ...

Kim Bromley-Derry has been appointed as ministerial envoy at Tower Hamlets LBC, with Pam Parkes and Shokat Lal serving as ...

The local government minister has clarified remarks he made in Parliament that “the government is not requiring any area to ...

With the right support and frameworks the sector can deliver the government’s radical vision for devolution and reform, writes the director of policy ...

We must guard against well-resourced authorities storming ahead with improved services while others struggle in their wake, ...