London boroughs are urging the government to review proposed changes to the way it assesses the need for children’s services ...

The Department for Education is appointing an improvement advisor for Reading BC due to concerns over children who are ...

The 11 council pensions funds that belong to the Access pooling organisation are not expected to all join the same pool, ...

The current system of councillor allowances urgently needs reform to eliminate political pressure to keep costs down, writes ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has rejected Kent CC's request to postpone the local government ...

Accountancy bodies Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Chartered Institute of Public Finance ...

Shifting power downwards enables greater sensitivity to the local causes of homelessness, writes the chief executive of the ...

Longevity, commerciality and future proofing are needed to fulfil the potential of leisure services in community health, ...

A former Labour mayor of Wolverhampton City Council has been told to apologise over false claims that he served in the Royal ...

Walsall MBC has announced a restructuring of its senior leadership team in a bid to save the authority over £500k. .

Kent CC leader Linden Kemkaran (Ref) has written to the government requesting a six month extension for their final proposal ...

Newcastle-under-Lyme BC is calling on the government to commit to a public inquiry into the management and closure of Walleys ...