The government has confirmed that in areas where elections are cancelled next year due to local government reorganisation, ...

The former leader of Oxfordshire CC has died peacefully at his home, the council has confirmed. Ian Hudspeth (Con), led Oxfordshire from 2012 until 2021 ...

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Practitioners must use the government consultation to preserve a guardrail that protects member interests, fund autonomy and ...

Two counties have confirmed they will request a postponement to local elections next year, but two others have said they will ...

Despite the sector welcoming the settlement as the first multi-year provision in a decade, it has failed to calm their fears ...

Adult social care was firmly uncoupled from the priority status given to the NHS, writes an independent social care and ...

Senior MPs, including former local government ministers, have criticised the government during the Common's debate on the ...

Five councils with low council tax rates have been offered council tax flexibility, as the government unveiled a £78bn local ...

Two London boroughs set to be granted extra council tax freedoms have hit out at the move, as government documents reveal ...

The government has offered over 6o councils involved in local government reoganisation the opportunity to delay elections due ...

The latest proposed changes the national planning policy framework aim to “avoid unjustified local deviation” as the ...