Recruitment challenges are hindering continued improvement at Sandwell Council, a Local Government Association corporate peer challenge review has warned.

William Eichler, editor of LocalGov.co.uk, reflects on the stories that captured readers’ attention this week.

Council leaders in Hertfordshire have insisted they remain united over devolution despite presenting the Government with a range of reorganisation options.

Plans to sell Gloucestershire Airport have fallen through after councils confirmed they were unable to reach an agreement with a prospective buyer.

A council has agreed to deliver the financial recommendations of the Ombudsman after its previous refusal to provide remedies ...

Councils have been challenged to focus on tackling family voting in May's local elections. The practice – in which people are ...

Research from the RAC reportedly found that the daily number of pothole-related breakdown reports it received last month had ...

Over one thousand new homes are to be delivered by Manchester City Council through its collaboration with a pension fund.

Applications have opened for a new £400,000 grant programme designed to support high street businesses across Wolverhampton.

The Government has defended its planning reforms, insisting there are ‘numerous safeguards’ in place to balance housebuilding with environmental protection.

Welsh councils have called for additional funding for social care to help break what they describe as a cycle of ‘managing ...

Unite has voted to cut the affiliation fee it pays to Labour by 40% in response to the ongoing bin workers’ strike in Birmingham.