The Labour government has cancelled a £20m fund for highway authorities to deploy advanced technology for traffic control, ...

Council chiefs have been told by Whitehall they may have to wait until less than a week before Christmas to receive the ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to merge local government pension schemes into ‘megafunds’ to drive economic ...

An internal Whitehall review into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's response to the recent ...

Local authorities will get new powers next month to force landlords to rent out persistently empty high street properties.

Cheshire East Council has been fined £500,000 after admitting breaches of health and safety legislation that led to a dog ...

Rachel Reeves is set to announce plans to encourage consolidation among local government pension funds to reduce costs and ...

Migrants working in adult social care have reported facing unsustainable working hours, ‘demoralising’ financial insecurity, ...

A third of young people in council care were placed in accommodation more than 20 miles from their local area last year, a ...

Youth club closures between 2010 and 2019 led to higher rates of crime and worse educational outcomes, a report has found.

Matthew Smith, Partner and Head of Public and Regulatory Law at Bates Wells, discusses a new law aimed at introducing a legal ...

It launches tonight with a performance by Liverpool’s Pete Wylie and the Mighty Wah! at Shakespeare North Playhouse. There ...