It is not possible to provide the best care without multidisciplinary teams but their strength hinges on whether all partners ...

The devolution white paper, which will lay the foundation for new legislation, further devolution and local government ...

The drive for transformation is creating a new management discipline in local government, writes the former chief executive ...

Four councils have been announced as “early adopters” for a scheme that will give local authorities new powers to help rent ...

Delays in implementing housing powers has halted local authorities' efforts to support homeless people, an influential ...

Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire councils have submitted joint plans for a mayoral combined authority in the region. In a joint ...

Sector figures have welcomed the £1.1bn Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging scheme (pEPR) funding for councils but ...

Defra has confirmed that fibre – including paper and card – will be collected separately as part of a four-bin system under ...

Housing experts at councils have voiced support for the government’s recent moves to reform right to buy – but say they will ...

Todays finance policy statement shows the government is serious about righting perceived past wrongs when it comes to funding ...

The rural services grant, which last year totalled over £100m, is one of a number of funds being “repurposed” to redirect ...

Councils have said that further funding targeted towards deprived areas will “meet some” of the pressures, but warned that ...