Councils will be able to set their own planning fees as part of a raft of changes included in the Planning & Infrastructure ...

Maybe the government should clean up the audit crisis before local government finance becomes more of a mess, writes chief reporter Caitlin Webb Today's ...

Auditors and local authorities have questioned the credibility of the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government's ...

The County Councils Network has said new unitaries must cover a population of 500,000 or the cost of disaggregating services ...

Merseyside Police has confirmed that 12 people connected to an investigation on the awarding of commercial and business ...

More than half of local authorities have received a disclaimed audit opinion following the first two backstop deadlines for ...

Gloucestershire CC, Enfield LBC and Dacorum BC are among councils making changes to their senior teams. Jo Walker, chief ...

Derby City Council and the area’s eight districts have said suggested a two unitary model, contradicting the county’s vision ...

There is little correlation between the size of council and service quality, according to the District Councils’ Network.