On average more than 400 young people applied for Special Educational Needs (Send) support plans last year. The latest ...

Croydon LBC's mayor and some of the council's key local partners have called on the government to rethink its plan to appoint ...

Four more sector bodies have leant their support to LGC’s Councillors for the 21st Century Campaign calling for improved ...

Local government finance reform is a difficult but necessary process with important issues left open in the consultation, ...

Last month’s local elections saw many new faces sweep to power and take the reins of leadership across England’s local ...

Senior local politicians have spoken out against the government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the ...

The “saga” with the backlog of local government audits showed it’s a "serious mistake to take effective audit for granted”, ...

Online abuse and a lack of respect from the public are the biggest deterrents to people serving as councillors, an LGC survey ...

We must be loud and clear about the importance of councillors, writes the chief executive of the Local Government Information ...

The government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the creation of new directly elected council mayors. In a ...

Members of the trade union Unite have voted to reject this year's pay offer. A total 84% of the union's council employee ...

It is long past time these roles and the rules governing them were brought into the 21st century, writes LGC editor Sarah ...