Councils could gain powers to fine developers for unbuilt homes, under new rules planned by the government. Documents set to ...

Waste reforms will generate billions in investment but councils will need to help educate the public about the benefits, the ...

A regional mayor is urging the government to allow more flexibility in housing spending in a bid to tackle the area’s ongoing ...

Local government’s longest serving chief executive is to retire later this year, LGC has learned. John Sinnott, who has been ...

The government’s ambition to reorganise all two-tier areas into unitary councils can be delivered during this parliament, the ...

Certainty over funding might be the only thing we can look forward to in next month’s Spending Review, writes Jonathan Werran ...

There was a some rare positivity for government policy at the major investment conference in Leeds this week. But you didn't ...

Housing targets are not helpful because councils are already "juggling" targets for other services, a council leader said ...

The Conservative party has lost majority control of Sevenoaks DC as nine of its members resigned the whip amid criticism of ...

Dozens of organisations have joined forces to call for “significant new funding” for social care in the upcoming spending ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has urged local partners to “back, build, invest, and succeed” in a bid to deliver the ...

Greater Lincolnshire’s new mayor has vowed to invest in the region’s transport infrastructure in a bid to end its role as the ...