The largest councils are neither cheaper to run nor better at delivering services than their smaller counterparts, new research from the Local Councils Network (LCN) has suggested. The analysis, ...

"Agentic AI is not primarily a technology challenge. It is a leadership, governance, workforce and service design challenge. Councils which invest in data quality, accountability and responsible ...

Judge David Herbert KC, sitting at Northampton Crown Court, adjourned sentencing but warned Cllr Zadrozny he was at risk of a custodial term. Cllr Zadrozny had denied the offences. His sentencing is ...

The data, based on a survey of local authorities by the Association of Local Authorities Treasurer Societies (ALATS), shows that whilst the government is providing over £5bn this ...

A Deputy High Court Judge has stated his “regret” in having to allow the adjournment of a fact-finding hearing relating to two young children for the third time, after observing “significant failings” ...

In a letter to the authority’s leader, Cllr Paul Follows, McMahon said the supplementary legislation required could not be introduced until Parliament had approved the Surrey reorganisation order, ...

The High Court has agreed to hear a claim that Braintree District Council approved the expansion of a poultry farm without sufficient environmental and animal-welfare scrutiny.

In its response to its consultation on improving enforcement of council tax, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said councils would be required to issue at least one ...

The call came as part of a response to the Government's consultation on new mayoral planning powers that would see the introduction of a duty to produce a spatial development stra ...

The Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) has urged the Government to accelerate local government standards reform in its first annual letter to the Prime Minister reporting on the health of standards ...

The Cabinet Office is establishing a dedicated central Insourcing Unit to support a manifesto commitment to deliver “the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation”, First Secretary of State Louise ...

CPH’s remaining claim for damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010 was transferred to the County Court. Redbridge has now agreed to a £20,000 settlement.