Advocates for the approach now sit at the centre of Whitehall but may struggle to implement their vision across government, ...

Leaders from five local authorities have launched a public consultation on their plans to form two new unitaries across ...

Nigel Farage wants councils to stop working on net zero but that’s not what residents and councils want, writes the ...

A year into the job as leader of Nottingham City Council, Neghat Khan (Lab) tells LGC about stepping in at a 'critical' time, ...

Sector figures have warned that large unitaries supported by neighbourhood committees would be "insufficient" to meet the ...

Profiteering, funding and increasing the number of high quality children’s homes are also needed, writes the president of the ...

To suggest there is significant waste left to cut in local government ignores reality, and the transparency with which ...

The minister has said areas should submit one document outlining proposals for local government reorganisation as it revealed ...

Kent CC has become the first Reform-controlled local authority to be scrutinised by a taskforce looking for spending cuts. A ...

A failure to grasp this opportunity will only further entrench fragmentation and frustration, writes the president of the ...

Just 21% of council figures say their authority is better off as a result of Labour’s actions since entering government last ...

Mid Sussex DC has launched a legal challenge over the Planning Inspectorate’s “ill-founded” dismissal of its local plan. The ...