A mayor has warned of creating local government ‘behemoths' overburdened with responsibilities. Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen ...

Birmingham City Council is set to honour the members of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and posthumously award a medal to poet ...

Catherine Spitzer, chief executive of Environment Bank, explains how private investment can help councils that are struggling ...

Lancashire County Council has welcomed the announcement of an inquiry into the Prevent programme following the conviction of ...

Regulator Ofsted has rated Knowsley MBC's children's services inadequate, warning the council was leaving young people being ...

Rowenna Davis, associate partner at Global Future Foundation, sets out 12 principles for reviving our town centres.

Thousands of high street businesses are set to see their rates bill more than double this year, financial experts warn.

The prospect of local government reorganisation in Hampshire has forced New Forest District Council to rethink a major ...

Council bosses have urged the Government to ‘empower’ local authorities after it set out new plans to overhaul digital ...

The number of British school children receiving support for special educational needs (SEN) has surged by 40% since 2016-2017 ...

Officers have recommended that Tewkesbury Borough Council abandons the process of changing its name after local government ...

Local authorities have warned in a new survey that they may be unable to balance their books because of pressure on their ...