The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to deliver structural social care reform through a National Care Service.

Chief finance officer Kevin Bartle issued the notice after finding no authorisation had been given before officers made a £20 ...

District councils are prepared to engage with local government reorganisation but warn against ‘rigidly insisting’ on a ...

The Government has backed Greater Manchester’s decision not to implement a clean air zone (CAZ) and instead to take an ...

MPs examining the homelessness crisis have warned that there is seemingly ‘no desire to move away from an unsatisfactory ...

UNISON Scotland’s local government committee chair, Collete Hunter, said: ‘We need fair pay for all local government staff. This is a pragmatic claim which addresses the devaluation of local ...

Guildford BC's senior management were ‘unaware’ of a multi-million-pound overspend but should have noticed a series of ‘red ...

Local government minister Jim McMahon has sent three envoys in to improve Tower Hamlets LBC following last year's Best Value ...

A child went months without education because of Trafford Council’s unnecessary delays, an investigation has found.

Payments to private companies for public assets have exceeded construction costs by over three times, research into PFI ...

Council chiefs have welcomed Government moves to give councils powers to suspend councillors found to have breached their code of conduct.

Oxfordshire County Council has committed £6.2m each year for the next 10 years to a pooled budget for mental health services.