The local government pay offer for 2024-25 has been accepted after Unison joined the GMB union in accepting the deal. The ...

Kate Terroni has announced her departure from the Care Quality Commission after four months of leading the troubled watchdog.

The government is to continue with the system of exceptional financial support for councils “in the most difficult positions” ...

A government minister implored councils to “have a little bit of patience” ahead of the Budget next week. Alex Norris, ...

Council leaders “are key to local decision making” so they “must be an integral part” of governance “arrangements whatever ...

The local government minister praised progress made by Birmingham City Council as the first report from the intervention team ...

Government intervention in Slough BC is set to be extended by two years and a managing director commissioner appointed as the ...

Some councils have begun programmes to overhaul their organisations and services as they look to tackle ballooning budget ...

One in four councils in England have revealed they may be likely to apply for exceptional financial support in the next two ...

The policing minister sets out a plan for ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ and local government’s role in addressing anti-social ...

Surging costs for upper tier authorities mean that if they were forced to include special educational needs on their revenue ...

Chief finance officers can be “too quick” to consider issuing a section 114 notice, the chief executive of a council that ...