Councils in England can no longer require veterans to have a connection to the local area to qualify for social housing, the ...

Council leader Linda Taylor will write to environment secretary Steve Reed and the six Cornwall MPs to highlight the ...

A Bill that would allow councils to introduce a levy on overnight stays has been introduced in Wales this week.

Councils striving to make their operations net zero by 2030 are being ‘hamstrung by a lack of long-term funding certainty and ...

Councils in England will need to hire 13,000 more social workers over the next 10 years amid growing need for the care and ...

Seven in 10 local authorities in Scotland have warned they will be unable to pass a balanced budget within the next five years without widespread reform.

Image: earth phakphum / Shutterstock.com. The Government’s financial accounts have failed to be signed off for the first time ...

A social care leader has warned that the Government’s decision to increase employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) ...

Six counties in the east of England are expected to be among those at the front of the queue for local government ...

A group of Labour MPs have called for the abolition of Lancashire’s 15 councils in a bid to simplify local government in the ...

The number of housing starts for affordable homes in Greater London fell sharply last year, official figures reveal.

Mayors and councils will be given powers to join up services locally to tackle worklessness, the work and pensions secretary ...