Greater Manchester CA chief Caroline Simpson is set to lead Number 10 North, LGC understands. Former Greater Manchester CA mayor Andy Burnham has asked Ms ...

The government’s long-awaited statutory guidance on the Local Government Pension Scheme has clarified the definition of local investment and said pools should decide whether to use passive or active ...

Councils need to “reset” their relationship with suppliers to improve procurement processes to take advantage of innovation, sector leaders have said. During LGC’s Digital Futures conference last week ...

Suffolk CC has confirmed it will pursue a legal challenge to the government’s plans to reorganise the county. At a meeting last night, Suffolk’s cabinet ...

Andrew Seekings has announced he will retire as chief executive of Cumberland Council at the end of December after leading ...

Being a “completely new organisation” is both “the challenge and the profound opportunity”, Cheshire and Warrington CA’s chief executive told LGC last week. Speaking from an event to mark the launch ...

Devon could have a mayor by next May, according to the county’s leader and chief executive. Julian Brazil (Lib Dem), leader of Devon CC, written to Andy Burnham to express his interest in quickly ...

Norfolk CC has begun a formal legal challenge to the government’s plans to reorganise the county. The council announced ...

Norfolk CC chief executive Tom McCabe is leaving his post after seven and a half years as the county’s most senior officer.

Andy Burnham plans to establish a ‘Number 10 North’ to drive devolution and more council housing, he revealed in a speech today. Speaking at the People’s History Museum in Manchester Mr Burnham, who ...

Baroness Louise Casey told a group of senior MPs that unless councils are "equal partners" alongside the NHS, social care ...

Chief executive Lukman Patel outlines how "mindset, relationships and the courage to act" helped Burnley to succeed. When ...