Councils are expected to spend an estimated £139bn on the delivery of public services this year, says a report.

District councils will be ‘essential’ to establishing new children’s services through local government reorganisation (LGR), ...

Councillor George Finch,19, was yesterday elected as the full-time leader of Warwickshire County Council.

Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from a ban on sacking and then ...

The Department for Transport (DoT) has launched a consultation around plans to allow local authorities and mayors to approve ...

Reform UK candidate Liz Williams has filed a petition to the High Court claiming her loss in May's dead heat election in ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has claimed there is ‘lots of housing’ that can be used to provide temporary accommodation across ...

Water analysis tests carried out by the Environment Agency at the start of July revealed high levels of the ‘toxic’ organism ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is said to have backed the proposal for councils to introduce visitor levies.

Housing, Communities and Local Government parliamentary under-secretary Baroness Taylor of Stevenage said the move is being ...

The new town development scheme will involve roughly a dozen sites being selected from almost 100 regions proposed, with each new town reportedly consisting of at least 10,0000 homes, reported The ...

The Government has announced plans to allow 16-and 17-year-olds the right to vote in both local and general elections.