Just three years after their creation as a means to improve collaboration between health and local government, integrated ...

The abolition of the committee system should not remove the space for slow, deliberative decision making, writes the chief ...

Former Broxbourne BC leader Lewis Cocking, who swapped the council chamber for the Commons last year, shares his concerns over the barriers to becoming a ...

Newham LBC appointed Paul Martin as interim chief executive at an extraordinary meeting last night. From today Paul Martin ...

The spirit of devolution and localism, and delivering a generational shift in power to local people, is at the heart of the ...

All six areas involved in the devolution priority programme have met the tests to establish combined authorities next year, ...

Commissioners have been appointed to tackle Croydon LBC despite authority’s mayor called on the government to rethink its ...

Thurrock Council will put forward its own local government reorganisation business case, after concluding that the two other ...

Council leaders are working together in a bid to find common ground in response to the government’s plans for local ...

The Cabinet Office has announced that “innovation squads” with a remit to test new solutions will work with councils in 10 ...

A recent LGC roundtable, held in partnership with Norse Group, discussed the potential for local government reorganisation to ...

Councils' adult social care overspend hit £774m with directors reporting an increase in more complex cases as the NHS ...