The government has confirmed that in areas where elections are cancelled next year due to local government reorganisation, ...

Two counties have confirmed they will request a postponement to local elections next year, but two others have said they will ...

Despite the sector welcoming the settlement as the first multi-year provision in a decade, it has failed to calm their fears ...

Five councils with low council tax rates have been offered council tax flexibility, as the government unveiled a £78bn local ...

Senior MPs, including former local government ministers, have criticised the government during the Common's debate on the ...

Two London boroughs set to be granted extra council tax freedoms have hit out at the move, as government documents reveal ...

The first results from LGC’s annual council tax tracker show that just over one in five councils are planning to apply for ...

The only way to deliver better care is for the NHS and local authorities to work together more closely, not waste time ...

Adult social care was firmly uncoupled from the priority status given to the NHS, writes an independent social care and ...

A combined authority has been granted £17m of exceptional financial support in principle to cover "specific financial ...

The government has offered over 6o councils involved in local government reoganisation the opportunity to delay elections due ...

Government support with special educational needs deficits “will not be unlimited”, councils have been warned, despite being ...