British multinational oil and gas firm Shell has defended its plans after criticism by UK local a...
Trade union Unite has warned the Scottish Government and employers there ‘could be widespread ind...
Ministers are to push ahead with plans that will pile fresh tax collecting burdens on English cou...
Ofsted inspectors have graded South Tyneside Council’s children’s services inadequate after alert...
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) new boss of local audit has said ‘nothing is off the tabl...
The Conservatives have lost seats in the North, South and Midlands, with Labour and the Lib Dems ...
Local government minister Lee Rowley has suggested he is open to considering widening the remit o...
Ministers are expected to summon senior officers and councillors to a round table as they seek to...
Ministers have been urged to ‘modernise the archaic 40-year-old system’ of parish polls after wha...
Local government finance expert Rob Whiteman has urged the sector to ‘not be defensive’ as minist...
