Council-led ownership is key to revitalising economically challenged areas, says Carolina Borgstrom, Director of North East ...

A new levy on packaging is set to raise over £1bn of extra funding for council waste services in England, according to Defra.

London boroughs have made improvements when it comes to ensuring residents can offer essential services offline but more ...

Leader of Surrey County Council has expressed concerns about the Fair Funding reforms and the financial challenges they pose.

The data reveals that 98% of the 361 local authorities in the UK successfully cut both carbon and transport emissions between ...

A majority of Cornwall Council members have backed a motion urging the Government to formally recognise Cornwall as the fifth ...

Sunderland City Council is to allocate £724,000 to help people with learning difficulties or autism carry out adaptions to ...

Concerns have been raised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman over the way councils handle complaints of cases involving children.

The number of people attempting to quit smoking using council commissioned Stop Smoking Services has grown by almost a ...

Cllr Rimmer and Cllr Vaughan's motion said: ‘This council should not be constrained by a motion demanding unachievable county ...

Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and permanently’ close a hotel ...

The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector has a strong single voice’ ...