If politicians interfere in pride in place programme decisions the government will “kill” the £5.8bn programme, a minister has said. Speaking at the Local Government Association’s annual conference ...

All areas of England and Wales should have town or parish councils, the chair of the Society of Local Council Clerks has said ...

The Department for Education is expanding two of its social care pilots, the children’s minister announced today. The DfE has revealed the locations of the next five regional care cooperatives: London ...

In his opening address new chair Eamonn O’Brien (Lab) said the LGA hopes to have a clear membership offer for combined authorities next year. This year three combined authority chief executives are at ...

The long-awaited statutory guidance to implement pooling 2.0 provides a framework for resolving disagreements between pools and funds, writes the tri-borough director of treasury and pensions at ...

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

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

The communities secretary called for “double devolution” through more budget pooling and a “more radical version of Total Place”. Steve Reed delivered a keynote address at the Local Government ...

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 ...

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 ...