A former Labour communities secretary outlined criticisms of Whitehall's approach to local government reorganisation.

Earlier this month one council announced it was no longer using hotels for temporary accommodation. Its housing director and ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed delivered some key messages as he addressed the Labour conference in his first major speech ...

Councillors will be able to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, communities secretary Steve Reed announced during a ...

Labour has announced the 12 areas that will move to the next stage of the new towns programme, with building in three areas ...

Basildon BC’s full council meeting that was scheduled to debate proposals for local government reorganisation in Essex was ...

Senior council officers who have experienced local government reorganisation emphasised the importance of "kindness" among ...

Sheffield City Council has reached a deal to resolve equal pay issues which will cost it £36m in redress payments.

The third party of local government has found its moral cause for the 2020s, writes deputy editor. Today’s top news and views ...

The government’s pride in place programme is a “pilot in a new way of governing” that “dwarfs anything that has come before,” ...

The prime minister is set to announce a ‘pride in place’ programme later today with funding for 330 places described as ...

Former communities secretary John Denham and council officers outline the "art of the possible" with joint commissioning.