After 14 years and £1m invested in each of 150 areas, Big Local offers a blueprint for the future of civic life, writes the ...

The number of homes a council can build before they have to open a housing revenue account will be increased to 1,000 as part of a government bid to boost social housing.

There has long been a perception of local government as a stepping stone or training ground for national office, writes Phil ...

Council-employed staff should be excluded from the government’s proposed Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care, sector leaders warn.

Some councils are urning to institutional investors while others are looking at new leasing arrangements to address their temporary accommodation bills.

A small number of councils are planning to either freeze council tax or increase it by less than the maximum amount in ...

Almost three quarters of councillors are concerned workloads will become unmanageable following local government ...

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

Most of the councils where elections have been cancelled for this year are Labour authorities, according to LGC analysis.

The £15bn plan gets several things right but some critical gaps must be addressed, writes the chief executive of UK100.

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

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.