Councils could gain powers to fine developers for unbuilt homes, under new rules planned by the government. Documents set to ...

Waste reforms will generate billions in investment but councils will need to help educate the public about the benefits, the ...

A regional mayor is urging the government to allow more flexibility in housing spending in a bid to tackle the area’s ongoing ...

Local government’s longest serving chief executive is to retire later this year, LGC has learned. John Sinnott, who has been ...

There was a some rare positivity for government policy at the major investment conference in Leeds this week. But you didn't ...

The government’s ambition to reorganise all two-tier areas into unitary councils can be delivered during this parliament, the ...

Housing targets are not helpful because councils are already "juggling" targets for other services, a council leader said ...

Dozens of organisations have joined forces to call for “significant new funding” for social care in the upcoming spending ...

New spatial development strategies must be considered alongside plans for growth and infrastructure or risk becoming a ...

Sites selected for the government’s new towns programme are likely to be those that are “ready to begin development” and with a "distinct" identity, the chair of the New Towns Taskforce has said.

The Conservative party has lost majority control of Sevenoaks DC as nine of its members resigned the whip amid criticism of ...

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has urged local partners to “back, build, invest, and succeed” in a bid to deliver the ...