The Greater Manchester mayoral race has gone to a second round between Labour and Reform after no one secured more than half of first preference votes. Manchester City Council leader Bev Craig (Lab) ...

Today prime minister Andy Burnham set out more details for further devolution in England. The Cabinet Office statement Rewiring the state is the first policy paper that unveils how the former mayor ...

Four mayoral strategic authorities are set to be granted established status under new devolution plans announced by the Cabinet Office. Cambridgeshire ...

Councils are increasingly in the eye of the storm when online misinformation and disinformation spreads through their communities. Sometimes the council ...

Croydon LBC has appointed Mike Jackson as its new interim chief executive. Mr Jackson takes on the role from Elaine Jackson, who is due to depart in ...

Reform-led Kent CC is offering a £500 cash incentive to staff for ideas on how to generate income or implement cost saving. This initiative, which is ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has released new guidance on selecting administering authorities for those areas involved in ...

Mayors will soon get a share of income tax and areas without devolution will be invited to further discussions about their future arrangements, the government has announced. Prime minister Andy ...

The government will expand the social care fair pay agreement into a “bigger reform” and speed up the Casey review into ...

Norfolk CC’s leader has urged the government to rethink local government reorganisation, which it says will cost £96m to implement. The county has already started the process for a judicial review but ...

As the local government pension scheme navigates an environment defined by inflation, market volatility and long-term ...

Baroness Louise Casey is "frustrated" with the government's progress on social care reforms, she told LGC in an exclusive ...