Councils could gain powers to fine developers for unbuilt homes, under new rules planned by the government. Documents set to ...

Waste reforms will generate billions in investment but councils will need to help educate the public about the benefits, the ...

Local government’s longest serving chief executive is to retire later this year, LGC has learned. John Sinnott, who has been ...

A regional mayor is urging the government to allow more flexibility in housing spending in a bid to tackle the area’s ongoing ...

Certainty over funding might be the only thing we can look forward to in next month’s Spending Review, writes Jonathan Werran ...

The Conservative party has lost majority control of Sevenoaks DC as nine of its members resigned the whip amid criticism of ...

The government’s ambition to reorganise all two-tier areas into unitary councils can be delivered during this parliament, the ...

Housing targets are not helpful because councils are already "juggling" targets for other services, a council leader said ...

There was a some rare positivity for government policy at the major investment conference in Leeds this week. But you didn't ...

What ministers decide to do about competing reorganisation bids in Surrey will give an indication of where their priorities ...

Dozens of organisations have joined forces to call for “significant new funding” for social care in the upcoming spending ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has urged local partners to “back, build, invest, and succeed” in a bid to deliver the ...