Oxfordshire County Council has agreed to pay £7,900 in compensation after council failures led to a child missing out on four ...

Council chiefs have urged the Government to increase the temporary accommodation subsidy as MPs warn homeless children are ...

County Councils Network and Rural Services Network will not financially support legal action over axing of the £100m rural services grant, The MJ understands.

Auditors are assessing an objection to Thanet DC's accounts after an ex-councillor said they should declare a £327k payment ...

Councils in the South East paid £64,555 in compensation to staff injured during school violence from 2019/20 to 2023/24, an ...

A single tier East Sussex unitary of around 550,000 people is 'probably the most likely' reorganisation option, The MJ ...

Reports the Government plans to abolish Homes England as part of a cull of quangos have been dismissed by Whitehall.

Global Radio took the council to court arguing that the noise of street entertainers was forcing some of its employees to work in cupboards. The judge said the ‘industrially amplified daily concerts’ ...

Two-thirds of local planning authorities (LPAs) outside of London are working to out-of-date research plans, new analysis has ...

Building safety will not be compromised as the Government tries to meet its 1.5m new homes target, minister Alex Norris has ...

Local authority leaders have defended local government salaries exceeding six figures, arguing it is important to attract the ...

Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident to address the impact of the bin strikes in a move branded by Unite as ...