The Government should use the best available evidence and most up-to-date data to calculate local authority funding ...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £37,000 after Barnet Council inspectors found 18 people, including children, sharing a ...

The failed implementation of Birmingham City Council’s new IT system could cost the taxpayer £90m more than was originally budgeted, auditors have revealed.

The announcement of £270m for museums and galleries is welcome but still just a ‘sticking plaster’ to cover a lack of funding ...

The average wait for council housing has almost hit the three-year mark with one London borough reporting the average wait to ...

Councillors in postponed elections could serve for just 12 months before fresh polls are held to new unitaries unless ...

More than half of unitary and upper tier councils could be unable to balance their books when the statutory override for ...

Thirty cash-strapped local authorities have been granted more than £1.5bn in Exceptional Financial Support (EFS).

A borough councillor in Lancashire owes almost £4,000 in council tax, making him unable to vote on the authority’s budget.

A £62m research project will provide ‘the most detailed picture yet’ of the the long-term health effects of vaping on ...

Southampton City Council has announced it will no longer post on X, formerly known as Twitter, in a decision it said was ...

Council leader Norman Hampshire said the 10% council tax hike was ‘necessary’ to invest in essential services and protect ...