England's largest councils are poised to raise council tax and cut services such as adult social care and school transport in ...

The government does not know how much recent local government reorganisation has cost and its evidence for further restructuring is “not remotely up to ...

Three metro mayors plan to increase their mayoral precept next year with one planning to freeze its rate, LGC analysis can ...

The three unions representing local government staff have asked for a £3,000 pay rise for all employees for 2025-26 in their ...

It is "vital" that the independence of the proposed new Local Audit Office is "assured", the Local Government Association has told the government. This ...

Hackney's chief executive Dawn Carter-McDonald on her journey to the top job, the London housing crisis and dealing with a ...

Ministers will have to override local interests to ensure major projects go ahead, writes the associate dean, School of Public Policy, at the LSE. The ...

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With Essex expected to join the devolution and reorganisation priority programme, LGC's head of content and resident Essex ...