Sunderland City Council is to allocate £724,000 to help people with learning difficulties or autism carry out adaptions to ...

Concerns have been raised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman over the way councils handle complaints of cases involving children.

The number of people attempting to quit smoking using council commissioned Stop Smoking Services has grown by almost a ...

Cllr Rimmer and Cllr Vaughan's motion said: ‘This council should not be constrained by a motion demanding unachievable county ...

Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and permanently’ close a hotel ...

The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector has a strong single voice’ ...

The council vote on Wednesday last week granted private company Roots Allotment retrospective planning permission for the 600-plot site that was developed in 2023.

In a joint letter from local government employers and the two unions, council chief executives have been told both sides have agreed on a 3.2% pay increase for this financial year, backdated to April, ...

Leader of BCP Council, Millie Earl, said the new structure will ensure that staff whose pay is set to be cut will have their ...

Councils are expected to spend an estimated £139bn on the delivery of public services this year, says a report.

Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from a ban on sacking and then ...

District councils will be ‘essential’ to establishing new children’s services through local government reorganisation (LGR), ...