The government has announced that its policy to cap care costs in England will be delayed until 2020.
Residents have voted to abolish a South Yorkshire town council, after its town clerk was jailed for fraud and theft.
Tim Farron is the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, the party has announced on social media site Twitter.
A new devolution deal will give Cornwall new powers to control local services, including the county’s health and social care budgets, has been agreed by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
According to research by the The Police Federation of England and Wales, one in six police officers are planning to leave the profession within two years.
The Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales (RIFW) has come under heavy criticism from the the Wales Audit Office in its latest report.
A new survey on custom and self-build activity in England has revealed that 39 per cent of councils are already taking action to help people build their own homes.
A ‘Domesday Book’ containing information on all brownfield public land in London is to be developed to help unlock sites for development.
The government has suffered its first defeat in Parliament as Labour and Liberal Democrat peers vote in favour of amendments to the Devolution Bill which remove the need for directly elected mayors.
Councils have been warned that the governments plans to implement a National Living Wage could cost them an extra £1 billion a year by 2020, says the Local Government Association.
The latest Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) survey of the road network found nearly half of all white lines on motorways, A roads and local authority roads worn out completely, or about to fail.
Councils planning to bid for ‘significant’ devolved powers will need to have their bids signed off by ministers before the Autumn spending review, Budget papers indicate.