Chair of the Commons’ housing, communities and local government committee shares what motivates her, frustrations about Westminster and how she hopes to ...

The return of a concept from the Blair years epitomises a very top-down approach to devolution, writes Phil Swann, who is ...

The mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CA has announced that he will not seek re-election, citing the “heavy toll” ...

The reorganisation of 14 local authorities within Hampshire & Solent is unlikely to follow current district boundaries and ...

The decision that Kensington & Chelsea RBC will not have to pay any employer pension contributions next year does not set a precedent for other ...

We cannot spend the next year locked into a narrow debate about the most appropriate size for new unitary councils, writes the chief executive of the ...

The four councils hoping to establish a Wessex mayoral strategic authority have said the area will miss out on funding after ...

An additional £200m will be in the public health grant for next year, the government has confirmed today. This 5.4% uplift ...

Newham LBC "would have set a balanced budget this year" were it not for "severe cost pressure of temporary accommodation" and ...

The local government minister has written to all councils in two-tier areas and small neighbouring unitaries to “formally ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner said she hopes Lancashire will adopt a mayor next year, at the same time as areas on the ...

Planning policy changes that could have had a "significant positive impact" on increasing housebuilding, will instead be ...