A year on from publication, local authorities are using the tool to guide their journeys to net zero, writes the operations ...

A commission of housing experts is warning the government that unless housing is recognised as nationwide infrastructure ...

The Labour party has appointed a new leader at Tameside MBS following a wave of resignations from senior leadership last week ...

Calderdale MBC chief executive Robin Tuddenham is set to become the new president of the Society of Local Authority Chief ...

Dudley MBC is on course to issue a section 114 notice unless it can urgently accelerate cost-cutting measures, a review by ...

The Housing Ombudsman has included cases of "severe maladministration" at eight councils in its latest report on improving ...

The new government’s clean energy ambitions may align with councils' objectives, but good community engagement requires ...

Democracy minister Alex Norris has acknowledged calls from returning officers that electoral law is "outdated, difficult to ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has appointed assistant inspectors to review the best value duty of ...

The combined authority model is not “universally applicable” and devolution is “not a solution in itself” to the challenges ...

Districts are concerned they will have too few planners to support the government’s ambitions for a huge expansion of ...

Public bodies need a statutory duty deliver climate targets to help justify greener choices, writes the author of a bill ...