More than 100 local authorities have reported that they have not prosecuted any rogue landlords at all in half a decade, new research reveals.

England’s adult social care sector faces extra costs of £2.8bn next year due to changes announced in last month’s Budget, new research has revealed.

Image: Alex Yeung / Shutterstock.com. The Government could still appoint commissioners to councils despite the proposal to send in non-statutory ministerial envoys to Tower Hamlets LBC, The MJ ...

Image: Amerdeep Somal © Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called for it to be granted further powers to ...

Deficits in SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) budgets are among the top concerns for the Public Accounts ...

Ministers' insistence on a directly-elected mayor is ‘fast appearing on the horizon as a major stumbling block for English ...

A think-tank has urged the Government to show ‘political courage’ in reforming the local government finance system in next ...

The council will use the funding boost to buy five properties for use as temporary accommodation and one as an Afghan ...

Compensation claims to councils for pothole-related damage to vehicles have more than doubled in a year, new data has ...

A consultation on the Government’s overhaul of the Right to Buy scheme has been launched. The Government is seeking views on ...

Local authorities might soon be able to draw on the support of regional bodies to help them find suitable placements for children, the DfE says. Local government organisations have welcomed a new ...

Local authorities across the country are offering emergency accommodation to people sleeping on the streets as temperatures ...