The Green party has launched its manifesto today with promises to push for extra funding and powers for local authorities.

The Conservative party pledges to reform social care, cap costs and provide a multi-year funding settlement are not "enough" ...

Three-quarters of Local Government Pension Scheme funds are cashflow negative when investment income is excluded, according ...

The Conservative party’s pledge to build 1.6 million homes is "questionable" without new policies to "unblock the planning ...

As Barnsley MBC prepares to hand over the mantle of Council of the Year at tonight's LGC Awards, leader Sir Stephen Houghton ...

Great Yarmouth BC has been named LGC Council of the Year at a ceremony that celebrated the very best of the local government sector. The council beat ...

Outgoing Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan is being talked about for a senior Whitehall position under a new ...

The Conservative party has pledged social care market reforms, to provide a multi-year funding settlement and fulfil their ...

The leader of Derby City Council could be removed as leader after opposition parties issued a motion of no confidence. An ...

The Conservative party has pledged to build 1.6 million homes by the end of next parliament in its manifesto published ...

Brighton and Hove City Council is facing equal pay claims that a union says could be worth tens of millions of pounds. The ...

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