Local authority leaders in Scotland have decided to impose a wage rise prompting UNISON to threaten strike action.

Councils in county and rural areas have raised fears that ‘excessive’ new housing targets could leave them at the mercy of ...

Belfast City Council has launched its first Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) – and the first in Northern Ireland.

Auditors have praised Clackmannanshire Council for demonstrating improvement but urged the local authority to ‘urgently ...

More than one in four (28%) people aged over 80 are living with some unmet need for social care, a new report by Age UK has ...

Chief executive of ADASS says the need to make over £900m in savings is ‘squeezing' investment in early support for people at ...

Ian McKellen praises Manchester City Council’s approval of the UK’s ‘first of a kind’ purpose-built majority LGBTQ+ extra ...

Alan Siggins, Airflow MD, looks at what councils need to do to improve air quality in social housing in light of Awaab’s Law.

The new leader of Flintshire County Council has warned the local authority could be forced to declare effective bankruptcy.

Dudley MBC has ‘little scope to meet unexpected pressures', senior councillors have been told. A report to a meeting of the ...

The Labour leadership has lost a union-sponsored motion at the party’s conference that called on ministers to reverse the ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called for private care providers to be required to tell people about its ...