Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice over ‘unlawful' payments to and from the council's pension fund. Chief finance ...

The Government has backed Greater Manchester’s decision not to implement a clean air zone (CAZ) and instead to take an ...

Council chiefs have welcomed Government moves to give councils powers to suspend councillors found to have breached their ...

The deputy leader of North Yorkshire Council has accused the Government of ‘rural robbery’ over a reduction in funding and ...

Guildford BC's senior management were ‘unaware’ of a multi-million-pound overspend but should have noticed a series of ‘red ...

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 ...

The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to deliver structural social care reform through a National Care Service.

Plans to introduce a levy on hotel stays in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have been halted after the Government ...

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

Local government minister Jim McMahon has sent three envoys in to improve Tower Hamlets LBC following last year's Best Value ...

District councils are prepared to engage with local government reorganisation but warn against ‘rigidly insisting’ on a ...