Latest commissioners report warns ongoing waste dispute has had a “destabilising effect” on Birmingham City Council.

The government has launched a major public engagement exercise ahead of bringing forward delayed its Send reforms.

The Budget’s proposed ‘mansion tax’ risks confusing local and national taxation in the eye of local taxpayers, writes the ...

Chief inspector of Ofsted Sir Martyn Oliver has warned that profit-making special schools have the “potential” to be the next ...

The very best of the Local Government Pension Scheme community have been honoured at the LGC Investment Awards 2025. The ...

Optimism at the Institute of Economic Development’s annual conference will need to translate into optimism in communities if ...

The union representing council chief executives has called for its members to receive a pay increase “equivalent” to that ...

Director of partnerships and improvement at the Local Government Association Dennis Skinner is retiring at the end of the ...

New Local chief executive Jessica Studdert is joining Downing Street as a special adviser to the prime minister. Ms Studdert ...

Political parties should invest in capacity to support political leadership in local government, writes the emeritus ...

Tom Walker has been selected as Great Essex CA’s first chief executive on an interim basis. Currently the executive director ...

Unison, GMB, and Unite, which represent 1.4 million council and school staff across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, have jointly submitted this request for 2026-27, despite this same increase ...