Council pension funds that are seeking a new home may feel they are being forced to play a complicated game with no written ...

Luton BC’s interim chief executive Mark Fowler has been appointed to the permanent role. He joined the unitary in February ...

Council leaders are working together in a bid to find common ground in response to the government’s plans for local ...

The Cabinet Office has announced that “innovation squads” with a remit to test new solutions will work with councils in 10 ...

Council leaders have called for the Cheshire and Warrington mayoral election to be delayed by a year to create “the right ...

A lack of transparency about why ministers rejected the business plans of two Local Government Pension Scheme pools has been ...

The role of councillors has never been more important, with local government reorganisation set to reduce their number while ...

Kent CC chief executive Amanda Beer has instructed council officers to "remain apolitical" amid controversy over a proposed ...

The government’s flagship pensions bill needs “guardrails” to prevent ministers misusing its “very broad” powers to intervene ...

The Local Government Association has backed calls for councils to be given a statutory duty to lead on climate action. The ...

The spirit of devolution and localism, and delivering a generational shift in power to local people, is at the heart of the ...

The government must address the “drivers” of funding pressures on councils alongside reform of how funding is allocated, the ...