LGC's Councillors for the 21st Century campaign has highlighted a host of issues with the current system of payment and ...

Twenty-nine councils will have this May’s local elections effectively cancelled, the government announced this lunchtime.

Online abuse and the challenges around combining being a councillor with family and work is deterring people from standing ...

The coming end of the statutory override is one of the most significant medium-term risks facing the sector, writes the chief executive of Cipfa.

Kent CC is exploring how to introduce a levy on foreign lorries and freight traffic entering the county.  Council leader Linden Kemkaran (Ref) told LGC: ...

The Local Government Association has warned the government that its provisional settlement is unlikely to "halt" the annual ...

High needs spending has increased by more than 50% in five years, driven by rising numbers of pupils with education, health ...

Reform UK has been given a date for a legal challenge against the government over the potential postponement of local elections, with the communities ...

We must embrace different approaches to public participation in democracy and delivery of public services, writes the regional and local government ...

Councils did not start the process of cancelling elections, the rules of game were set by ministers before local leaders were ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed is planning further intervention at Tower Hamlets LBC by granting the envoy team further ...

Councils continue to struggle with rising demand and structural pressures as debt rose and reserves fell last year, according ...