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

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

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

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

The first leader of North Northamptonshire Council has announced he is stepping down at the local elections in May to ...

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

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

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

Police have joined local authority staff on school parking patrols in a Kent borough after a car was ‘driven deliberately’ ...

Brighton and Hove City Council, which has pledged that the region will be carbon neutral by 20230, has ditched electric buses ...

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

Unpaid carers are feeling ‘overwhelmed’ and say they need more support from local authorities, a survey by a carers charity ...