The Local Government Association's new chair has called for the next prime minister to "adjust" the approach to local ...

Steve Reed won perhaps the easiest round of applause at the Local Government Association conference when he was introduced as the man who enabled us to cheer England with a pint in our hands during ...

Remuneration is about removing barriers to participation and the current system falls short, writes the director of the ...

Social care reforms should be driven locally but supported by national government, according to a new report from the Local Government Association (LGA). The report draws on findings of a consultation ...

LGC looks at how Reform councils are interpreting their party’s anti-net zero position. A notable trend has emerged in English local government’s approach to net zero of late; one which stands in ...

Norfolk CC chief executive Tom McCabe is leaving his post after seven and a half years as the county’s most senior officer.

The government’s direction of travel is right, but what comes next must meet the needs of a more complex, vulnerable group of children, writes the president of the Association of Directors of Children ...

Devon could have a mayor by next May, according to the county's leader and chief executive. Julian Brazil (Lib Dem), leader ...

Baroness Louise Casey told a group of senior MPs that unless councils are "equal partners" alongside the NHS, social care ...

Norfolk CC has begun a formal legal challenge to the government’s plans to reorganise the county. The council announced ...

Andrew Seekings has announced he will retire as chief executive of Cumberland Council at the end of December after leading ...

A growing number of councillors are quitting Reform UK, criticising the party for perceived flaws including infighting, a ...