Councillors at Rochdale MBC have voted to appoint James Binks as the new chief executive. Mr Binks, currently an assistant ...

Council reserves have reduced while the percentage upper tier authorities spent on social care reached nearly four fifths of ...

District council leaders have described plans for two unitaries in Lincolnshire as “premature,” citing concerns over scale, ...

Mayoral combined authorities are struggling with executive capacity and should see more secondments from the civil service, ...

The Conservative administration at Cornwall Council has lost its majority after a councillor defected to the Independent ...

Senior staff at Guildford BC failed to take “sufficient effective or material steps” to prevent the alleged fraud by an external contractor for social ...

Resistance to local government reorganisation exists in most areas expected to produce plans this year, reports head of ...

The mayor of Tees Valley CA has called for directly elected mayors to be given the power to make decisions directly rather than in conjunction with ...

The local government minister has clarified remarks he made in Parliament that “the government is not requiring any area to ...

Kim Bromley-Derry has been appointed as ministerial envoy at Tower Hamlets LBC, with Pam Parkes and Shokat Lal serving as ...

After this story was published the minister clarified his comments which LGC has covered here McMahon clarifies: ‘Councils ...

The union representing council chief executives has asked for its members to be guaranteed a pay increase that “matches” what ...