The former prime minister is rightly proud to have just opened a new toilet, and not just because it livened up an otherwise ...

The government will use AI technology to speed up planning decisions and boost its ambitious target to build 1.5 million new ...

Being a corporate parent means advocating for a child in care with the same urgency you would for your own child, writes the ...

Council leaders have hit out at timeframes for developing submissions in response to government plans for local government ...

North Somerset County Council, Enfield LBC, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are amongst local authorities ...

The sector will be put in a harsh spotlight this summer but its challenges will soon be returned firmly to the long grass, ...

Most local government figures are not convinced of their council’s ability to meet net zero targets for their area, according ...

With increasing government pressure on the LGPS to invest in the UK, pools and funds warn about obstacles that remain in the ...

Zia Yusuf has been appointed to a new role running the Reform UK unit set up to identify wasteful spending in the councils it now runs, just 48 hours ...

The County Councils Network is calling for a major funding injection to protect community transport after a new survey of its members revealed one in five ...

The government has committed to legislating for remote attendance at council meetings when “time allows” and announced that ...

Profiteering, funding and increasing the number of high quality children’s homes are also needed, writes the president of the ...