Written evidence for an inquiry on council finances highlight need for urgent reform, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley.

Worcestershire CC would have been forced to issue a section 114 notice had it not received exceptional financial support (EFS ...

Epping Forest DC’s chief executive has stood down.. Georgina Blakemore had been chief executive since 2019 but is stepping ...

Regeneration may be simple in principle; in practice, it is anything but. With private and public sectors faced with numerous ...

The leaders of seven district councils in Leicestershire and Rutland CC have proposed creating three unitary councils to ...

A split has emerged between Derbyshire CC and the area's nine other councils over proposals for local government reorganisation. Conservative-led ...

Refuse workers at Birmingham City Council have rejected a one-off, non-consolidated cash offer after the council removed the ...

Gavin Jones speaks to LGC about reorganisation, commissioners and leaving Essex On Monday, Gavin Jones handed his county hall ...

Enfield LBC has appointed Perry Scott as its interim chief executive. He will succeed current chief Ian Davis, who will leave ...

Barnet LBC, Halton BC and Worcestershire CC are among 30 councils that have been given exceptional financial support for 2025 ...

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has proposed a new North Staffordshire unitary, which could pave the way for joining a combined ...

One of the Labour party's manifesto pledges was to "widen and deepen" devolution and December's white paper set out how the ...