A total 17 proposals for the six regions have been brought forward and all are being taken forward for consultation, ...

Oldham MBC leader Arooj Shah (Lab) scooped the Leader of the Year Award at the 2025 Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) ...

Giving the housing secretary greater scope to intervene in planning decisions for sites with more than 150 homes does not ...

Wolverhampton City Council has launched a compliance scheme for beauty services such as Botox to try to “improve standards".

Ministers and officials have been challenged to set out a clearer timetable for local government reorganisation, ...

Local government minister Alison McGovern has rejected a request to delay LGR and insisted the government will complete LGR ...

Current deputy Andrew Crookham will take the top job at Lincolnshire CC following the retirement of Debbie Barnes as chief ...

Councils will have to tell ministers about decisions to refuse planning permission for large housing sites in case the ...

The final fair funding formula is unlikely to change distribution of cash between councils significantly as ministers have ...

Twelve council leaders in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Swindon are expected to back a request to form a new mayoral strategic ...

Eight county and unitary leaders have written to the communities secretary urging him to look at council budgets before ...

Ministers must not put “politics above public service” when taking decisions on local government reorganisation and subject ...