Union officials will meet conciliation service Acas next week in a bid to end Birmingham’s long-running waste dispute. Talks ...

The body representing senior local authority officers has welcomed the 3.2% pay increase offered to its members by employers.

London boroughs could face bankruptcy over crippling costs caused by the capital’s ongoing homelessness emergency according ...

A unique collaboration between universities and local government in Yorkshire and the Humber has provided policy support for councils across the region, ...

Two of the three unions representing local government staff have said they are considering the pay offer which rejected most ...

Council staff have been offered a 3.2% pay rise in what employers are describing as a “full and final” offer. The increase ...

Politicians in Cumbria have said any devolution deal must include adequate funding to address years of underinvestment. In ...

Some 63% of people polled were unaware of devolution plans which risks further damaging public trust in politics, according ...

A Department for Education director general is set to become the new chief executive of Rotherham MBC, subject to approval by ...

Will ministers continue to champion metro mayors when the political landscape fragments amid ratcheting tensions with ...

The government’s reforms will provide a strengthened early warning system for councils facing financial difficulties, writes ...

With ministers pushing for planning officers to decide the fate of more applications, LGC spoke to councils where elected ...