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Update from the meeting held on 19 June 2019.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Speech by Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP at the Local Government Association Annual Conference.
Report on actuarial valuations of 90+ pension funds.
The British Embassy in Paris is calling for bids for projects based on "France-United Kingdom: for a strengthened cooperation between our local authorities".
Business rates payers in England will have bills that more accurately reflect current property values under new legislation.
Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office regarding guidance sent to local authorities in England.
If you are disabled, have a health condition or are a carer you could be overpaying Council Tax and not even know it, according to a new public guide.
The Home Office has announced a funding boost of over £30 million for local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
New statutory guidance for local authorities in England stresses the role of their scrutiny committees in holding them to account over local decision-making.
The Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, met representatives from Falkirk Council’s Economic Partnership earlier today.
Vulnerable people who fall behind with Council Tax payments will have greater protection from aggressive debt enforcement under new plans to improve the way councils collect arrears.
Update from meetings held on 26 February and 18 March.
The government’s intervention in Rotherham metropolitan borough council ends on 31 March 2019.
Rt Hon Karen Bradley alongside partners has signed the Heads of Terms for the Belfast City Deal
Scotland is set to benefit from new funding for a Borderlands growth deal the Chancellor announced in the Spring Statement
A campaign to raise public awareness of the North of Tyne Combined Authority mayoral election and encourage people to register to vote begins today.
Local Government Minister Rishi Sunak's letter to leaders of local authorities.
£3.14 million will be allocated to help 19 local authorities with a major port prepare for Brexit.
Update from the meeting held on 24 January 2019.
Councils in England are to benefit from increased funding for core services including additional support for the most vulnerable in society.
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