Head of content Kirsty Weakley on looking for the slivers of optimism in social care Today's news and views Wessex councils ...

East Hertfordshire DC is poised to confirm the appointment of Helen Standen as its new chief executive, following her tenure ...

Councils worst affected by government plans to reform the local government funding system should have greater flexibility ...

LGC’s Councillors for the 21st Century campaign points to the help members of the unitary councils that are set to be formed ...

Wessex, which missed out on the devolution priority programme, has announced a number steps locally to lay the groundwork for ...

If council tax reform is off the table perhaps all we can do is learn to complain more creatively, writes Jonathan Werran, ...

Rutland CC’s leader won a confidence vote after a motion to remove her over concerns about the handling of local government ...

Hertfordshire's Data Inspired Living Dashboard, which won the 2024 LGC Award for innovation, reduces the need for hospital ...

Council leaders in Sussex are at loggerheads over the government's policy to force them to merge and create new unitaries. In a sign that cracks are ...

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 ...

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