A former Labour communities secretary outlined criticisms of Whitehall's approach to local government reorganisation.

Earlier this month one council announced it was no longer using hotels for temporary accommodation. Its housing director and ...

Communities secretary Steve Reed delivered some key messages as he addressed the Labour conference in his first major speech ...

Councillors will be able to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, communities secretary Steve Reed announced during a ...

Labour has announced the 12 areas that will move to the next stage of the new towns programme, with building in three areas ...

Devon County Council has selected an option for local government reorganisation that it believes is the 'least worst'.

The government’s pride in place programme is a “pilot in a new way of governing” that “dwarfs anything that has come before,” ...

Senior council officers who have experienced local government reorganisation emphasised the importance of "kindness" among ...

Pension committee report reveals why ministers rejected a pool's business case, and how a 'homeless' pension fund chose its ...

Social care advice needs to be integrated into scientific, government and NHS decision-making, writes the former chief executive of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.