Written evidence for an inquiry on council finances highlight need for urgent reform, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley.

Regeneration may be simple in principle; in practice, it is anything but. With private and public sectors faced with numerous ...

Worcestershire CC would have been forced to issue a section 114 notice had it not received exceptional financial support (EFS ...

Epping Forest DC’s chief executive has stood down.. Georgina Blakemore had been chief executive since 2019 but is stepping ...

The leaders of seven district councils in Leicestershire and Rutland CC have proposed creating three unitary councils to ...

A split has emerged between Derbyshire CC and the area's nine other councils over proposals for local government reorganisation. Conservative-led ...

Refuse workers at Birmingham City Council have rejected a one-off, non-consolidated cash offer after the council removed the ...

Enfield LBC has appointed Perry Scott as its interim chief executive. He will succeed current chief Ian Davis, who will leave ...

Southampton City Council will not be applying for additional exceptional financial support to balance its budget after ...

There will be a growing separation between the roles of unitary and strategic authority chief executives under the government ...

Ministers have granted councils £1.4bn through the exceptional financial support programme for 2025-26, including to 13 that ...

Gavin Jones speaks to LGC about reorganisation, commissioners and leaving Essex On Monday, Gavin Jones handed his county hall ...