Councils overspent their adult social care budgets by £715m in 2025/26, the annual Association of Directors of Adult Social ...

Local authority chiefs have welcomed an announcement that the Welsh Government intends to consult on a 3.5% pay award for ...

Health outcomes for children have ‘worsened or stalled’ since a review almost 10 years ago, research has found.

A major APPG report has called for a new fiscal devolution framework that balances local shares of national taxes with strong ...

A think tank has called for greater investment in the workforce supporting children with special educational needs and ...

Local authorities should be legally mandated to combat gambling harms, as they already are for drugs and alcohol, a new ...

Plymouth City Council has closed a beach in Mount Batten following the discovery of ‘hazardous waste’. In a statement last ...

Councils chiefs have called for greater investment in planning and conservation officers to help councils bring historic ...

Over 100 councils will take part in the Government's expanded regional children's care initiative, which ministers hope will ...

Thousands of Unite members working for local authorities across the country are being balloted for strike action after ...

A man who used a stolen identity to access a flat near Grenfell Tower before attempting to claim funds meant for fire victims ...

A new report has warned prime-minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham that homelessness is set to rise by a quarter, pushing ...