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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The approach to a tourism tax being taken forward in Scottish and Welsh cities could be a starting point for fiscal ...