Councils need to "reset" their relationship with suppliers to improve procurement processes to take advantage of innovation, ...

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 Send financial rescue package will only provide temporary relief without wider changes, councils have said ...

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

Today’s National Audit Office report on devolution in England could hardly be more timely, coming in the week that PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham put devolution at the centre of his first major speech.

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 ...

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

Devon could have a mayor by next May, according to the county's leader and chief executive. Julian Brazil (Lib Dem), leader ...

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 ...

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 ...