A councillor has defected from Reform UK to the Conservative party meaning the unitary is no longer under no overall control.

Councils did not start the process of cancelling elections, the rules of game were set by ministers before local leaders were ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed is planning further intervention at Tower Hamlets LBC by granting the envoy team further ...

Councils continue to struggle with rising demand and structural pressures as debt rose and reserves fell last year, according ...

The four councils asked to make their positions on postponing elections “explicit” have "reconfirmed" their positions.  ...

Bedford BC has announced it will request exceptional financial support (EFS) from the government as part of its 2026-27 ...

The new body could help capture real time learning to emerging or evolving risks, writes the chair of the Association of ...

Two counties, one unitary and one district have been given until tomorrow to make an "explicit" request to delay their ...

Former local government minister Jim McMahon has called on the chancellor to increase the recovery grant to £1bn, arguing it ...

With LGPS Central expanding out of its central England heartland, chief executive Richard Law-Deeks discusses change, Pooling ...

Reform UK has gained 21 councillors in the latest wave of defections announced this morning, reaching a total of 963. The ...

Protests against asylum seekers are “still a real live issue” for local authorities, the new executive director of the ...