The union will hold a consultative ballot on the offer of a 3.2% pay increase for 2025-26, which opens on 12 May and closes ...

An end to ‘public shaming' of councils has helped stem the tide of section 114s, local government minister Jim McMahon has ...

The Government must secure a trade deal with President Trump in ‘weeks, not months’ to avoid damage to the West Midlands ...

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools could save local authorities in England and Wales £8bn a year, think tank ...

Sector leaders have called on Reform UK councillors to take their responsibilities seriously following the party's sweeping ...

Local authorities across the UK raised £360m from residential parking permits over the last five years, new research reveals.

Nineteen local authorities failed to carry out standard inspections of businesses last year due to a lack of funding and ...

Reform has sparked controversy after declaring the only flags that will be flown by councils it controls will be the Union ...

MPs have urged the Government to measure the cost of inaction on social care and warned that failing to do so would mean ...

Peter Stanyon, chief executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators, sets out some recommendations for boosting ...

This is a significant breakthrough in national politics, perhaps more so than winning by a whisker of six votes the Runcorn ...

Two council members were reportedly called to the Kensington restaurant, Core, on Saturday due to noise disturbances caused ...