North Yorkshire Council's founding chief executive will step down from the position next year. Richard Flinton, who became ...

Unite members at seven councils have mandates to take strike action over pay, with a further ballot underway in another ...

The shortlist for the LGC Investment Awards 2026 has been announced. The awards recognise excellence and showcase best ...

Homelessness is a deepening emergency in county and rural areas, writes the housing and planning spokesperson for the County ...

Trade unions have "reluctantly” accepted the National Employers’ 3% pay offer following results of an employee ballot. In ...

Local government bodies have criticised plans for mayors to be allowed to overrule council decisions. The Ministry of Housing ...

Councils are having to find tens of millions of pounds to pay for local government reorganisation, while questions remain ...

Three councils have been named as strategic partners to deliver the first wave of a social homes programme as the government ...

Proposals for councils in England and Wales to issue conditional cautions requiring fly-tippers to clean-up public spaces as ...

Oldham MBC failed to agree a leader last night meaning the council’s chief executive will write to the communities secretary.

Nation status would reflect the Cornish language and the specific challenges of being a rural, coastal and peripheral part of ...

Every mayoral strategic authority will receive up to 10 civil servants on secondment to expand capacity. A press notice from ...