Over £1.5bn worth of capital funding pots are to be merged to help free councils from ‘needless bureaucracy’, according to ...

The Government has announced plans to build 180,000 new social homes by 2035 as part of the effort to tackle the shortage in ...

The outcomes framework will detail a range of broad performance indicators but The MJ understands it is not intended to ...

Concerns about Reform UK’s DOGE-inspired unit’s approach to data sharing is ‘laughable’, says Reform UK’s director of local ...

Council spending on home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is predicted ...

Local authority leaders have called for a new ‘national-local coalition’ that puts prevention at the centre of a modern health and care system.

Members of the trade union GMB have voted to reject a 3.2% local government pay offer. Over three quarters (77%) of the almost 150,000 council staff balloted voted against accepting the offer. Kevin ...

Reform UK council leader announces Lincolnshire County Council needs to rethink its service delivery to ensure sufficient ...

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has revealed 108 cases of fraud were perpetrated against the local authority last year.

Former Tory minister Dame Amanda Milling is expected to be appointed to a new board tasked with helping ‘reset' troubled Tees ...

Councils should get a share of the £2bn announced for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Spending Review, experts have suggested.

The Government has turned to councils for extra building inspector capacity as high-rise housing projects continue to be ...