A lack of support means people struggling with mental health issues are caught in a ‘damaging cycle’ of re-admittance to ...

Local government reorganisation could ‘create larger versions of dysfunctionality’ and fail to bring about the public service ...

Rochdale BC has apologised after admitting it has a backlog of 1,500 support plans to review for children with special ...

Local government minister Jim McMahon has hinted he will push ahead with handing councils the power to suspend councillors ...

Plans to merge Lincolnshire's 10 councils into two unitary authorities have been published. Two options are being looked at ...

Regional divides and inequalities risk being ‘baked into’ the roll-out of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, MPs ...

A unitary formed two years ago faces a £190m budget gap within the next four years amid section 114 fears. Somerset Council's ...

Prevention services are ‘at risk' because of rising social care spending, a local government leader has warned.

Local authorities in Derbyshire have agreed on a draft plan to create two unitary councils covering the north and south of ...

Councils have been urged to support an Afghan resettlement programme under which regions will be handed an allocation from ...

The system for turning around councils in financial distress is ‘not fit for purpose' councillors have told MPs.