The spending review will be more difficult for local government than anticipated due to the government’s decision to spend ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

Granting councils freedom to set planning fees will not be a “magic wand” to solving current issues in planning, a leading ...

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