The government has been warned to expect “fireworks” when legislation to postpone some local elections goes to the Lords ...

The government plans to tighten rules about reducing local authority pension contributions after one council’s rate was ...

The Public Sector Audit Appointments body has revealed that 51% of audits for 2023-24 had modified opinions. In a written ...

The spending review will be more difficult for local government than anticipated due to the government’s decision to spend more on defence, a minister has ...

Strategic authorities being created under the government’s devolution drive cannot be vehicles for delivering social care ...

Suffolk’s districts plan to make the case for reorganisation to two or three unitaries, opposing the county’s plan for a ...

The 21 March deadline for areas to submit interim reorganisation proposals to government is a “temperature check” the local ...

The director of one of the largest Local Government Pension Scheme funds has announced he will retire at the end of 2025.

Norse Group CEO Justin Galliford believes that councils will need to consider radical alternatives to meet changing needs.

The current process is creating too many scenarios where the outcome could be driven by risk aversion rather than innovation, ...

Hampshire & Solent local authorities are calling for an extension for reorganisation as leaders bide time to gather evidence.

The real goal of devolution should be a system of genuinely regional authorities across England, writes the policy director ...