Chancellor George Osborne has signed devolution agreements with combined authorities in the North East and Tees Valley regions of England that will see both led by directly-elected mayors and nearly...
Implementation of 40% spending cuts to council funding in next month’s Spending Review would deliver a “knockout blow” to many local services, according to analysis from the Local...
Urgent steps must be taken to plug the funding gap in adult social care if councils are to continue to provide dignified care for elderly and disabled people, senior local government figures warned...
Backing for the 38 devolution proposals submitted to government earlier this month would unlock at least £80bn of economic growth, a report from the Local Government Association has claimed...
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 confirmed that councils are in negotiations with government to devise a long-term plan for the settlement of refugees after David Cameron said the UK would take...
The theft of the blue badges that allow disabled people greater discretion over where they park their car, has doubled in the last year, according to figures published by the Local Government...
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...
The Local Government Association has announced that Mark Lloyd, the current chief executive at Cambridgeshire County Council, is to take its top leadership role.
Flagship government plans to implement a £72,000 cap on an individual’s lifetime care costs are to be delayed for four years due to spending reductions, it has been announced today.
High-performing council schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without taking on academy status, the Local Government Association has said.
Gary Porter, the new Conservative chair of the Local Government Association, today called for responsibility for training and skills to be devolved to councils.
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.
Government plans to intervene in ‘coasting’ schools must include an expanded role for councils to hold academies and free schools to account, the Local Government Association has said.
The Local Government Association has called on government to give councils two years to form into groups or combined authorities for devolution from Whitehall. But it said ministers should not impose...
The Conservatives have retaken control of the Local Government Association following Thursday’s council elections, the umbrella group of local authorities has confirmed today
Council leaders across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have come together to urge whichever party wins the general election to set out a plan to devolve power across the country in the...
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...
Directors of adult social services have warned that a funding deal is not yet in place to implement the government’s flagship reforms to care provision, despite new duties coming into force today.
The National Audit Office has published the Code of Audit Practice for local public bodies, which includes a duty for auditors to consider how best to gain assurance over pooled spending initiatives.
