Government amendments to the devolution bill set out how local scrutiny committees will hold mayors to a higher standard.

The government has set out a list of "minimum interventions" that integrated care boards should deliver for neighbourhood ...

South Cambridgeshire DC opposes the government's plan to install a development corporation across Greater Cambridgeshire. Councillors met for an ...

Yesterday's commitment from the chancellor to fiscal devolution is a victory for the sector, writes Localis chief executive. Today's news ...

Councils will no longer have to choose between providing library and park services and leaving vulnerable adults without the care they need, writes an ...

Some of the biggest councils in England are set to save millions of pounds in employer pension contributions after their pension funds recorded increased ...

Rachel Reeves has begun the process of developing “a roadmap for future fiscal devolution”, which will be published at the ...

The new-look LGPS needs a way to protect local accountability while avoiding regulatory overreach, writes the tri-borough ...

Reform UK has established an “SAS squad of experts” to look at potential savings in some councils ahead of this year's local ...

Anthony Okereke (Lab) tells LGC about the "intentional work" his council has done around inclusion  Greenwich RBC has one of ...

Intervention at Tower Hamlets LBC will intensify after communities secretary Steve Reed said there had not been "sufficient progress". In a written ...

New LGC analysis highlights gaps between the racial diversity of councillors and the communities they represent. Around half ...