23/11/2016

Phillip Hammond has announced an overhaul of the speed at which benefits are withdrawn under Universal Credit.

25/10/2016

Plans for a Solent Combined Authority have been approved by Isle of Wight Council, following a U-turn on local support.

29/09/2016

North Lincolnshire Council is set to accept a metro mayor by signing up to a Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority (GLCA).

20/09/2016

There were ‘major corporate governance failures’ in the way South Ribble Borough Council handled a safeguarding review.

11/08/2016

Councils have called for an overhaul of Right to Buy rules, after figures showed they are struggling to build new homes to replace those sold off.

09/08/2016

Councils have called for greater powers over tax to fund infrastructure, despite a pressure group calling for the ‘abolition’ of stamp duty.

04/08/2016

Councils and public health leaders have hit back at claims they are paying 'enormous' remuneration packages.

21/07/2016

Devolution deals with councils are being squeezed by ‘narrow negotiations’ with Whitehall that were ‘stacked in favour of the status quo’, a new report has claimed.

07/07/2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he could back devolution in Leicestershire without enforcing a mayor.

06/07/2016

Brexit has left a ‘policy vacuum’ on health and social care that councils are looking to exploit, a senior NHS chair has said.

09/06/2016

North Somerset Council leader Cllr Nigel Ashton has launched a blistering attack on the Government’s ‘lack of honesty’ over devolution.

08/06/2016

North Somerset Council has rejected proposals to join the £1bn West of England devolution deal.

18/05/2016

Proposals to speed up child adoption and raise council support for young people were outlined in the Queen’s Speech today.

12/05/2016

The government’s ‘half-baked’ Housing and Planning Bill will become law after peers finally conceded at the end of the parliamentary session.

06/05/2016

Labour’s shadow home secretary Andy Burnham is considering standing to be mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017.

04/05/2016

Jeremy Corbyn has predicted that Labour will not lose any council seats in tomorrow's local elections.

26/04/2016

Labour has accused the Government of making the smallest budget cuts to councils in the constituencies of key cabinet members.

12/04/2016

Tower Hamlets is still 'some way off' at showing sufficient improvement in order to be handed back control of more functions, according to communities secretary Greg Clark.

31/03/2016

Almost 95% of eligible authorities are raising council tax to fund adult social care this year, as households face the biggest hike since 2008.

24/02/2016

Since the move to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), around 770,000 potential voters have dropped off the electoral register.