Borrowing should be judged on the value for money of what it is spent on, not big numbers presented out of context, writes ...

The government has been urged change the law to prevent staff being given incentives to leave the Local Government Pension ...

There needs to be “deeper reform” to look at greater freedoms for councils to raise money and a review of council tax, the ...

Fenland’s community-led approach is transforming lives and won the 2025 LGC Award for Community Involvement. Liz Morris, ...

The average price for external audit rose by 238% in one year as local audit firms increased charges for recurring audit work ...

A Kent district leader has criticised Medway Council after the unitary produced a local government reorganisation map that ...

Stoke-on-Trent City Council repair workers have threatened strike action over getting less paid time off than other council officers. The craftworkers, ...

Adept’s new president on her priorities, experience of reorganisation and the opportunities ahead Place directors are ...

Financial reform cannot be separated from policy reform, writes the senior policy manager at the Chartered Institute of ...

Four more ‘homeless’ pension funds have announced their preferred new Local Government Pension Scheme pool. There are ...

West Northamptonshire Council’s chief executive Anna Earnshaw, who has led the authority since its creation in 2021, has ...