The local government community has united to call for more respect, reward and recognition for councillors under LGC’s new ...

Online abuse and a lack of respect from the public are the biggest deterrents to people serving as councillors, an LGC survey ...

Leading academics estimate that 90% of councillors could be lost due to local government reorganisation, in what they call a ...

The government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the creation of new directly elected council mayors. In a written ministerial statement, ...

Skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith told an influential group of MPs that the government is "extremely keen" to further ...

Yesterday’s announcement does not explicitly outline local government’s role as a conduit between local businesses and ...

Members of the trade union Unite have voted to reject this year's pay offer. A total 84% of the union's council employee ...

Local insight can build a better care model, writes the chief executive of Melton BC. No aspect of local government ...

The government made significant funding available for affordable housing in the spending review, but will it be enough to ...

The government has unveiled plans to overhaul the council tax system in a bid to crackdown on "disproportional enforcement" ...

Association of Directors of Adult Social Care (Adass) president Jess McGregor talks to LGC about her masterplan to ensure the government's latest social ...

Sector leaders are calling for special educational needs deficits to be written off in light of the government extending the ...