The Local Government Association has called on the government to use the Budget to plug the £5.3bn funding gap by 2019/20 it says local councils are facing.
The Local Government Association has called for radical reform of taxi licensing legislation, most of which is 170 years old and dates from an era of horse-drawn traffic.
The government must aid a ‘renaissance in council housebuilding’ to help improve the quality of new homes, the Local Government Association said today.
Councils face a funding gap of £5.8bn by 2020 and should be “at the front of the queue” for spending if the government retreats from austerity, according to the Local...
Poorer households should be offered a subsidised basic broadband package to ensure they can remain engaged with public services, the Local Government Association said today.
Half of all councils in England are now part of the government’s One Public Estate programme following the latest expansion of the property sharing scheme, the Cabinet Office has announced.
The Local Government Association has criticised Sajid Javid’s decision to overrule a local planning decision to give the go ahead to a horizontal fracking scheme in Lancashire.
Councils are being forced to write off millions of pounds of debt owed to them in business rates because of a loophole in licensing laws, the Local Government Association has said today.
Senior local government figures have called for greater national co-ordination of support for unaccompanied children and young people who arrive in the UK ahead of a visit to the “Jungle...
Councils helped create a lasting Olympic legacy that is transforming grassroots sports, according to a survey published today by the Local Government Association.
Growing uncertainty over the future of European funding for infrastructure and regeneration projects across England will hit economic growth unless there is clarity from government soon, councils...
Councils should be reinstated as major builders of affordable housing to assuage the deepening housing crisis, a report by the Local Government Association has argued.
Essex County Council chief executive Gavin Jones is to take over as interim chair of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) until the organisation’s AGM in October.
Councils should play a leading role in the UK’s talks to leave the European Union to ensure a Brexit deal boosts the government’s ongoing devolution drive, the Local Government Association has said.
Greater use of technology across a host of local services could unlock millions of pounds of savings for councils, according to a Local Government Association analysis.
A survey by the Local Government Association has found that nearly £250m of damage was caused to key infrastructure like roads, bridges and drainage systems by this winter’s flooding.
Properties built through the government’s flagship Starter Home programme will be out of reach for those most in need of affordable homes in two-thirds of council areas, research for local...
The body created by the Local Government Association to oversee council audits following the abolition of the Audit Commission is considering plans to jointly procure contacts across the sector from...
Councils face a bill of more than £2.25m due to an increase in household goods sent to landfill following this winter’s floods, according to estimates from the Local Government...