The government wants all councils to be working to the “same mission”, the local government minister told districts yesterday ...

A Housing Ombudsman special investigation into Camden LBC has revealed a "severely flawed" complaint handling process which ...

Extra funding for early intervention in children's social care will feature in the upcoming local government finance settlement, children's minister Janet ...

The increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) for 2025-26 is already impacting councils’ costs and their ...

The approach to children’s social care was very different 20 years ago, write the director of children’s services and chief ...

Adam Hill, chief executive of Mansfield DC, will step down from his role in the new year to take up the top job at nearby ...

Guildford BC needs to do “much more” to eliminate the risk of governance and financial failure, the panel overseeing its ...

Council leaders have told LGC that the proposed reorganisation of local government is "undemocratic" and shows a lack of ...

After the programme ended this autumn the chair of the High Street Task Force reflects on what worked and what is still ...

Local government is to be handed almost £300m to develop new ways of tackling unemployment and inactivity in what is being ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has extended the best value inspections of Spelthorne BC and ...

Councils are calling for a new workforce strategy for children’s social workers after research indicated they will need to recruit more than 10,000 more ...