No decision will be made on the number of unitaries that will cover Hampshire and the Solent ahea...
Labour mayors frustrated by the lack of fiscal devolution are holding back from stepping up their...
Pressures on local government could become more acute amid fears of ‘lacklustre’ growth, sector e...
Labour’s local government minister Jim McMahon has piled pressure on councils in Surrey to push a...
Local government minister Jim McMahon has hinted he will push ahead with handing councils the pow...
Under-threat councils have commissioned expensive consultants amid the reorganisation shake-up.
Ministers have told senior sector figures that the 21 March reorganisation plans should be ‘light...
Shropshire Council is talking to potential devolution partners as local authorities in neighbouri...
The number of children on formal protection plans in England because of sexual abuse has fallen t...
The annual recurring cost of splitting up and duplicating county council social care services int...
