The organisations should be stewards of their regional system, writes Hamida Ali, head of practice and learning at the Future Governance Forum.

The chief financial officer of Shropshire Council has announced he is standing down, a month after its chief executive left following the declaration of a ...

Local government bodies have expressed disappointment at a delay to the reintroduction of social rent convergence. In a policy paper. published yesterday, ...

Thurrock Council has been given the go ahead to recruit its own chief executive, almost three years after a ...

The chief executive of the Local Government Association Joanna Killian is taking unexpected leave for personal reasons amid ...

Councils may be forced to compete for new funding from the warm homes grant, after a government minister refused to give a ...

The government’s homelessness strategy needs to go further to address the increasing use of temporary accommodation and the ...

Health improvement should be a core test of devolution, write the assistant director, healthy lives team, at the Health ...

The number of homes a council can build before they have to open a housing revenue account will be increased to 1,000 as part of a government bid to boost social housing.

There has long been a perception of local government as a stepping stone or training ground for national office, writes Phil ...

After 14 years and £1m invested in each of 150 areas, Big Local offers a blueprint for the future of civic life, writes the head of policy and communications at Local Trust.

A small number of councils are planning to either freeze council tax or increase it by less than the maximum amount in ...