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

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.

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

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

Councillors will be able to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, communities secretary Steve Reed announced during a ...

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

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

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

There was one issue that delegates and speakers alike kept returning to at last week's LGC Summit: community cohesion. LGC ...

Senior council officers who have experienced local government reorganisation emphasised the importance of "kindness" among ...