The government has named four "ministerial envoys" for Warrington BC, including the Labour leader of Barnsley MBC. They have ...

The two-tier system created in 1974 is “sensible” and local government reorganisation would lead people to “disengage” with ...

Local government needs to scale back what it does to focus on “delivering the essentials”, Reform UK’s most senior council ...

Local restrictions make a difference but need to be accompanied by far-reaching national policies, writes the president of ...

The deputy prime minister has faced a grilling from MPs over the extent of the government's reliance on council tax to boost ...

Deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner has rejected calls to "unfreeze" the local housing allowance in a ...

Moving towards more fiscal devolution is something the deputy prime minister is supportive of, but said it must come with robust “guard rails”. Angela ...