The 86 Local Government Pension Scheme administering authorities will be required to transfer all their assets to LGPS pools ...

Redbridge LBC has appointed Claire Hamilton as its new chief executive. Ms Hamilton, currently the chief executive of Dacorum ...

The housing minister Matthew Pennycook repeatedly refused to rule out reforms to council tax when grilled about the ...

New "untested" powers for councils to take over empty high street shops are set to come into effect next month but the sector ...

The government expects the current thresholds for raising council tax without a referendum to be maintained at their current ...

Experts are calling for social care providers to be exempt from the national insurance contributions (NICs) increase after ...

LGC reader survey reveals staff are working more hours than they are paid for, and uncovers what is – and is not – working in ...

Concerns remain that the government's compensation plan for councils will not cover the full increase in direct employment ...

Local authorities should not be responsible for unblocking the nutrient neutrality "bottleneck" when they are not responsible ...

The Office for Place – a body charged with responsibility for making sure new developments are attractive – is to close down, ...

The Grand Old Duke of York has been immortalised in a nursery rhyme for the futile action of having ten thousand march up to ...

Thurrock Council expects legal and other professional fees related to the fallout from its financial failure to exceed £47.4m ...