Practitioners must use the government consultation to preserve a guardrail that protects member interests, fund autonomy and ...

Adult social care was firmly uncoupled from the priority status given to the NHS, writes an independent social care and ...

Two counties have confirmed they will request a postponement to local elections next year, but two others have said they will not ask for a delay.

Despite the sector welcoming the settlement as the first multi-year provision in a decade, it has failed to calm their fears ...

The government has offered over 6o councils involved in local government reoganisation the opportunity to delay elections due ...

The only way to deliver better care is for the NHS and local authorities to work together more closely, not waste time ...

Two London boroughs set to be granted extra council tax freedoms have hit out at the move, as government documents reveal ...

Government support with special educational needs deficits “will not be unlimited”, councils have been warned, despite being ...

Senior MPs, including former local government ministers, have criticised the government during the Common's debate on the ...

Officers need to know about election cancellations "as quickly as possible" or they will continue to plan "until officially told overwise", the AEA has warned.

Five councils with low council tax rates have been offered council tax flexibility, as the government unveiled a £78bn local ...

The first results from LGC’s annual council tax tracker show that just over one in five councils are planning to apply for ...