A new body made up of employers and trade unions intended to boost the wages of care workers will be launched next year, the government has announced. This adult social care negotiating body will be ...

Ministers and mayors are in talks about introducing a tourist tax and business rates supplement, the new devolution minister has revealed. Speaking at the Labour conference on Monday, Miatta ...

Essex Pension Fund was named pension fund of the year (large) at the LGC Investment Awards 2024. This is the award submission that so impressed the ...

Integrated community equipment services (ICES) face mounting difficulties; the question is whether to outsource or insource, ...

The devolution white paper said that combined authorities that have received a best value notice will not be able to move up to established strategic authority level, where they can access single ...

A former Labour communities secretary outlined criticisms of Whitehall's approach to local government reorganisation.

Communities secretary Steve Reed delivered some key messages as he addressed the Labour conference in his first major speech since taking the role.

Earlier this month one council announced it was no longer using hotels for temporary accommodation. Its housing director and ...

Councillors will be able to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, communities secretary Steve Reed announced during a speech to councillors at Labour party conference last night.

Labour has announced the 12 areas that will move to the next stage of the new towns programme, with building in three areas to start before the end of ...

The prime minister is set to announce a ‘pride in place’ programme later today with funding for 330 places described as “overlooked communities”.

Basildon BC’s full council meeting that was scheduled to debate proposals for local government reorganisation in Essex was ...