Essex, Stevenage and Rotherham are among council making changes to their senior teams. Nicole Wood has been appointed as the ...

The system that emerges from reorganisation will be unfit to inherit the name ‘local government’, write the emeritus ...

Councils cannot afford to overlook the opportunities of improving trade waste, writes Jane Cherrington, director at Local ...

Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice due to "unlawful" payments made into and from their pension fund. Papers, issued ...

Stevenage BC appointed Tom Pike as its new chief executive at a full council meeting yesterday. Mr Pike, who is currently a ...

The government’s proposals demonstrate a startling lack of understanding of what is needed to revitalise local democracy in ...

Former joint chief executive Tom Horwood has defended his actions at Guildford BC in light of the legal report on the alleged ...

Resistance to local government reorganisation exists in most areas expected to produce plans this year, reports head of ...

The union representing council chief executives has asked for its members to be guaranteed a pay increase that “matches” what ...

Councillors have called for a "Cornwall-only" devolution deal, and opposed the suggestion of a strategic mayoral authority ...

Senior staff at Guildford BC failed to take “sufficient effective or material steps” to prevent the alleged fraud by an ...

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