A Coventry City councillor has spoken of how her disillusionment forced her to become the first local councillor to defect ...

Police are investigating after 11 Dorset Council officers were sacked for their part in urgent health and safety work on ...

As the government consultation deadline looms Surrey's politicians, public services and community groups have weighed in with ...

The government has blocked the release of information on its decision to exclude Kent CC and Medway council from its ...

Former LGA chair and Telford & Wrekin Council leader Shaun Davies became an MP last year, but says there are aspects of his ...

Shifting power downwards enables greater sensitivity to the local causes of homelessness, writes the chief executive of the ...

London boroughs are urging the government to review proposed changes to the way it assesses the need for children’s services ...

A former Labour mayor of Wolverhampton City Council has been told to apologise over false claims that he served in the Royal ...

The Department for Education is appointing an improvement advisor for Reading BC due to concerns over children who are ...

The 11 council pensions funds that belong to the Access pooling organisation are not expected to all join the same pool, ...

Accountancy bodies Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and Chartered Institute of Public Finance ...

The current system of councillor allowances urgently needs reform to eliminate political pressure to keep costs down, writes ...