North Somerset Council is in “active discussions” with the government for Exceptional Financial Support (EFS) in 2025-26. The ...

Rachael Shimmin will leave Buckinghamshire Council later this year after nine years to join a housing provider. Ms Shimmin ...

District leaders have called out the county against their publicity campaign for local government reorganisation.

Local government reorganisation offers more places the chance to use digital to power services, save money and free up people ...

Reform run Staffordshire CC has submitted a letter to the prime minister asking to scrap plans for local government ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed has hinted at potential announcements on fiscal devolution for councils in the upcoming ...

Housing secretary Steve Reed is quizzed by MPs on LHA rates, the long term plan for housing and whether there will be a ...

It is commendable the government recognises the importance of healthy local democracy, but toxic politics goes beyond a ...

Southend’s work broke down barriers for many different parts of the community, write Louisa Robinson, electoral services ...

Epping Forest DC has said it is "bitterly disappointed" after it failed in its bid to remove asylum seekers from a local ...

Council pension fund surpluses should be seen as a buffer against future shocks rather than a financial windfall, writes the ...

Mr Reed added that reforms would give councils the ability to “clean up local politics by rooting out those who bring the ...