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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 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 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 ...

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 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 ...

A member who was found to have breached Devon County Council’s code of conduct after complaining about an LGBTQIA+ event has launched a judicial review challenge over the decision. The dispute centres ...

Education providers have welcomed Ofsted's new approach to school inspections, but workload and wellbeing remain a concern for some staff, independent research suggests. Last year, the education ...

The latest family court statistics have shown a 13% decrease in deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications and orders made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.