Intervention at Tower Hamlets LBC will intensify after communities secretary Steve Reed said there had not been "sufficient progress". In a written ...

Rachel Reeves has begun the process of developing “a roadmap for future fiscal devolution”, which will be published at the ...

The new-look LGPS needs a way to protect local accountability while avoiding regulatory overreach, writes the tri-borough ...

Better measurement of representation gaps would be the first step to addressing them, writes chief reporter Caitlin Webb Today's news and views: NEW: ...

Neghat Khan (Lab) tells LGC how inclusion has "opened doors" to communities that would otherwise be "hard to reach" For Neghat Khan (Lab), the first ...

Reform UK has established an “SAS squad of experts” to look at potential savings in some councils ahead of this year's local ...

Just over half the audit opinions on 2024-25 council accounts were modified in some way, with a big increase in those with a ...

Anthony Okereke (Lab) tells LGC about the "intentional work" his council has done around inclusion  Greenwich RBC has one of ...

New LGC analysis highlights gaps between the racial diversity of councillors and the communities they represent. Around half ...

Epping Forest DC has been refused permission to appeal over the use of the Bell Hotel for asylum seeker accommodation, ...

A place-based framework is helping councils align climate goals, delivery and investment, write the head of policy at the ...

The Local Government Association intends to appoint an interim chief executive while the permanent postholder Joanna Killian is on unplanned leave. Ms ...