Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds of debt owed to them in business rates because of a loophole in licensing laws, the Local Government Association has said today.
Senior local government figures have called for greater national co-ordination of support for unaccompanied children and young people who arrive in the UK ahead of a visit to the “Jungle...
Councils helped create a lasting Olympic legacy that is transforming grassroots sports, according to a survey published today by the Local Government Association.
Growing uncertainty over the future of European funding for infrastructure and regeneration projects across England will hit economic growth unless there is clarity from government soon, councils...
Councils should be reinstated as major builders of affordable housing to assuage the deepening housing crisis, a report by the Local Government Association has argued.
Essex County Council chief executive Gavin Jones is to take over as interim chair of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) until the organisation’s AGM in October.
Councils should play a leading role in the UK’s talks to leave the European Union to ensure a Brexit deal boosts the government’s ongoing devolution drive, the Local Government Association has said.
Greater use of technology across a host of local services could unlock millions of pounds of savings for councils, according to a Local Government Association analysis.
A survey by the Local Government Association has found that nearly £250m of damage was caused to key infrastructure like roads, bridges and drainage systems by this winter’s flooding.
Properties built through the government’s flagship Starter Home programme will be out of reach for those most in need of affordable homes in two-thirds of council areas, research for local...
The body created by the Local Government Association to oversee council audits following the abolition of the Audit Commission is considering plans to jointly procure contacts across the sector from...
Councils face a bill of more than £2.25m due to an increase in household goods sent to landfill following this winter’s floods, according to estimates from the Local Government...
The government has been urged to prepare an emergency action plan to protect services if local authorities run out of money amid wholesale changes to council funding.
Councils have called for additional powers to charge developers council tax if they let planning permission expire without completing construction of new homes.
Greg Clark has confirmed councils will need to set out efficiency plans if they are to qualify for four-year financial settlements from next April but said he does not intend these to be “heavy...
Over 100 councils are to join a flagship public sector efficiency scheme that is intended to cut costs by sharing offices and rationalising the public estate.
Councils in England and Wales have now recovered another portion of the more than £1bn in deposits that was lost when the Icelandic banking system collapsed in 2008.
Councils could be placed on ‘a fast tack to financial failure’ if the government implemented a policy to force authorities to spend their reserves to make up for cuts in funding, the...
The Local Government Association has today called on the government to reimburse councils facing big increases in the number of asylum seekers, particularly unaccompanied children, arriving in...
English councils are facing cuts of £3.3bn in central government funding next year, putting further pressure on services like elderly care, child protection and road maintenance, the Local...
Former Department for Communities and Local Government permanent secretary Lord Kerslake has been named president-elect of the Local Government Association.
The Local Government Association is preparing to offer a ‘devolution deal’ to the next government after a study of public service integration initiatives found they would not be fully effective...
