Borrowing should be judged on the value for money of what it is spent on, not big numbers presented out of context, writes ...

The government has been urged change the law to prevent staff being given incentives to leave the Local Government Pension ...

The average price for external audit rose by 238% in one year as local audit firms increased charges for recurring audit work ...

There needs to be “deeper reform” to look at greater freedoms for councils to raise money and a review of council tax, the ...

Fenland’s community-led approach is transforming lives and won the 2025 LGC Award for Community Involvement. Liz Morris, ...

A Kent district leader has criticised Medway Council after the unitary produced a local government reorganisation map that ...

Adept’s new president on her priorities, experience of reorganisation and the opportunities ahead Place directors are ...

The Local Government Association has expressed “serious concerns” about the ability of council pension funds to prepare for a ...

Exeter City Council has set out its proposals create a new unitary by including 49 parishes from three districts in its local ...

Four more ‘homeless’ pension funds have announced their preferred new Local Government Pension Scheme pool. There are ...

Sheffield City Council has announced a series of cost-cutting measures, including recruitment restrictions, in a bid to ...

From internal battles and a section 114 notice to landing a huge inward investment, the unitary’s self-described ‘change ...