Mayors and councils will be given powers to join up services locally to tackle worklessness, the work and pensions secretary ...

Six counties in the east of England are expected to be among those at the front of the queue for local government ...

Stephen Earl, director at Cloudhouse, discusses the three main components to a successful local government-wide tech strategy ...

The number of housing starts for affordable homes in Greater London fell sharply last year, official figures reveal.

Many London boroughs are not prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts, report finds.

A group of Labour MPs have called for the abolition of Lancashire’s 15 councils in a bid to simplify local government in the ...

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a trial of CCTV at 20 bus shelters across the capital in a bid to improve safety, ...

Former secretary of state John Prescott who has died aged 86 ‘revived British cities and led the refurbishment of thousands ...

Waiting lists for occupational therapy (OT) services have surged by 139% across the UK since 2019, new research has found.

More than 100 local authorities have reported that they have not prosecuted any rogue landlords at all in half a decade, new research reveals.

England’s adult social care sector faces extra costs of £2.8bn next year due to changes announced in last month’s Budget, new research has revealed.

Police and councils will be able to put ‘tough restrictions’ on perpetrators of anti-social behaviour under new powers announced by the home secretary today.