North Yorkshire Council is set to use £17m of its reserves and increase council tax by 4.99% in order to balance its budget ...
Residents could be forgiven for questioning a real-terms tax rise amid a cost of living crisis. The explanation shows the ...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has launched consultations for the remaining 14 areas undergoing ...
The government’s approach to setting funding floors for councils has been called into question over how those involved in ...
If councils increase council tax in-line with inflation instead of by the maximum amount permitted more than half would not ...
The capital needs an integrated governance settlement where borough power and citywide authority meet in public, writes the ...
The government intends to scale back intervention at Nottingham City Council after commissioners said they could conclude ...
The Local Government Association has agreed to commission an independent external review of its staff restructure process.
Somerset Council is moving its budget setting timetable after the government shifted its final local government settlement ...
Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week reminds us of the importance of keeping survivors at the centre of our response ...
A major update to LGC’s AI search feature allows it to give better answers to your local government questions than big AI rivals, writes LGC acting editor ...
Birmingham City Council intends to invest an extra £130m in services next year after making “substantial progress” on financial issues, but commissioners ...