Delivering Regeneration: How collaborative contracts are transforming place-making
Discover how collaborative contracting is helping councils deliver regeneration more effectively with this free special report from LocalGov and NEC Contracts.
Exercise for older people essential for prevention agenda, MPs say
22/05/2026 Physical activity should be treated as seriously as medication in the NHS's care of older people, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded. |
Reform-led council introduces prayer and anthem singing to meetings
22/05/2026 Reform-controlled Kent County Council has voted to introduce the Lord's Prayer and the national anthem into its council meetings. |
Five arrested over alleged fake candidate plot in Tameside
22/05/2026 Five people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud following allegations of electoral fraud in last month's local elections in Tameside. |
Devon County Council calls for volunteers to fill in potholes
22/05/2026 Devon County Council is calling for more volunteers to join its community road warden scheme as it marks a decade since the initiative was rolled out. |
Tribunal rules home working refusal may be disability discrimination
22/05/2026 An employment tribunal has found that refusing home working arrangements to an employee with agoraphobia can amount to disability discrimination. |
Reed warns of sanctions over service standards
22/05/2026 Local government secretary Steve Reed has warned of sanctions for councils that fail to meet new service standards. |
Government publishes plan to overhaul of children's social care
21/05/2026 The Government has set out how it will implement the most significant reforms to children's social care and child protection in a generation. |
Councils target air pollution hotspots to protect rare heathlands
21/05/2026 Dorset Council and BCP Council have completed a major air quality monitoring project to help protect the county's heathland habitats from traffic pollution. |
Government moves to cap profits of private children's care providers
21/05/2026 The Government has announced plans to crack down on profiteering by private companies providing services to councils. |
Housing sector urged to act on equality and diversity gap
21/05/2026 Housing organisations across England are being called on to take more targeted action on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). |
Cumberland Council calls for new approach to men's health
21/05/2026 Cumberland Council has highlighted inequalities in men's health and called for conversations about social expectations around masculinity and wellbeing. |
Key Cities dominate UK's fastest-growing online presence rankings
21/05/2026 Six of the 10 UK cities with the fastest-rising online presence belong to the Key Cities network, according to new analysis from consultancy ING. |
Council criticised for failing domestic abuse survivor
20/05/2026 Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised South Gloucestershire Council after it left a domestic abuse survivor and her child homeless. |
BCP Council urges Government to get tough on illegal parking
20/05/2026 BCP Council is calling on the Government to make tougher parking enforcement powers permanent. |
Watchdog tells Scottish councils to raise ambition on transformation
20/05/2026 Scotland's councils need to significantly increase the pace and scale of their service transformation or risk facing greater costs later, watchdog warns. |
School nursery plan faces 'reality check', report warns
20/05/2026 The Government's flagship scheme to create 3,000 school-based nurseries in England faces a significant gap between ambition and delivery, landmark study says |
Green space trumps building design in public's housing wish list
20/05/2026 Green space, clean air and community connection matter more to people than how buildings look when it comes to new housing developments, new polling finds. |
New videos to help councils tackle deepfake threat launched
20/05/2026 The LGA has released a series of free videos to help councillors and council officers identify and respond to the threat posed by deepfakes. |
Rainbow coalitions form as more councils fall under NOC
20/05/2026 Attempts are being made to form rainbow coalitions around the country after more councils ended up in no overall control following the elections. |
LGA publishes guide to help councils attract private investment
20/05/2026 Councils have been handed a new toolkit to help them secure private investment and drive local growth. |
