This is an opportunity to further strengthen the role of local government, writes the chair of the Local Government Association. Change is an inevitable part of political life. With a new secretary of ...

The Local Government Association has backed calls for councils to be given a statutory duty to lead on climate action. The move follows an LGA consultation, which received 308 individual responses, ...

Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley said she would consider making voting in council elections mandatory if voter turnout did not improve. As of Thursday, about 26 per cent of enrolled voters had ...