Psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on the most interesting contests at this May's local elections. Read their ...

Senior civil servants told MPs that they have “no choice” about pressing ahead with reform to local government funding and ...

Conservative losses are inevitable but Nigel Farage’s party needs to translate vote share into seats won, write psephologists ...

Greater Manchester CA mayor Andy Burnham (Lab) has called for “wholesale change” in how the UK operates so that Whitehall is ...

A group of MPs have said councils should have to inspect housing before it can be used for temporary accommodation, after ...

Dorset Council has announced that Catherine Howe is set to become its next chief executive. Matt Prosser, who has been chief ...

Neighbouring authorities have reacted cautiously to Birmingham City Council ’s plea for help to tackle the city’s ongoing bin ...

The government received at least 40 separate local government reorganisation interim plan submissions, LGC analysis has found ...

Formal neighbourhood-level power-sharing agreements between councils and community organisations would help close the gap ...

The government has issued a best value notice to Tees Valley CA, which will have implications for the authority’s attempts to access an integrated ...

The government is betting its pension reforms will boost UK investment but some are already asking what happens if it doesn’t ...

Council pension funds should be re-branded to reflect the complexity of their role in the changing Local Government Pension ...