Incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being urged to accelerate and widen devolution plans or risk entrenching a ‘two-tier ...

Twenty-eight per cent of local plans still neglect to deliver a strategic climate change policy, research has found.

Local government secretary Steve Reed has conceded ‘dramatic shifts' in councils' finances resulting from the fair funding ...

SEND teams have reportedly been hit disproportionately hard by NHS job cuts, despite being central to delivering reform, ...

Local government reorganisation (LGR) and devolution represent a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to rebuild trust in ...

Two thirds of councils are rated as ‘good’ when it comes to the delivery of adult social care but many are struggling to ...

Councils overspent their adult social care budgets by £715m in 2025/26, the annual Association of Directors of Adult Social ...

A think tank has called for greater investment in the workforce supporting children with special educational needs and ...

Health outcomes for children have ‘worsened or stalled’ since a review almost 10 years ago, research has found.

Local authority chiefs have welcomed an announcement that the Welsh Government intends to consult on a 3.5% pay award for ...

A major APPG report has called for a new fiscal devolution framework that balances local shares of national taxes with strong ...

Local authorities should be legally mandated to combat gambling harms, as they already are for drugs and alcohol, a new ...