2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (128+ words) In the context of transformation discussions, Jonathan Carr-West says the questions local government needs to be asking are not mainly about structures. "They are about purpose, identity and role in a changing world." So we've been saying that local government…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (120+ words) Senior officers and commissioners at Birmingham City Council should be held to account for their "failures' at the under-intervention local authority, according to a former chair of the authority's audit committee." Fred Grindrod, who stood down as a Labour councillor…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (115+ words) The Government has intervened in Torbay Council's emerging local plan amid concerns it falls short of meeting its housing need by more than 10, 000 homes. In a letter to the local authority's leader David Thomas, housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (108+ words) Shadow local government secretary James Cleverly has called for measures that would strengthen the sector's "accountability and transparency to the press and public'. Cleverly has been lobbying for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to increase transparency under…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (150+ words) As Andrew Morgan prepares to step down as leader of the Welsh Local Government Association, he says the relationship between the Welsh Government and councils must remain rooted in trust When I became leader of the Welsh Local Government Association,…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (127+ words) Local government reorganisation is a once-in-a-generation service design moment " and LATCos can help deliver it, says Simon Fletcher. Our experience is that LATCos offer what councils increasingly need: delivery capacity, specialist/niche expertise and the ability to build practical partnerships....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (97+ words) Historically low grant funding to councils threatens to derail the Government's social housing reforms, a think-tank has warned." Centre for Cities raised the concerns after the Government introduced its Social Housing Bill, which aims to boost councils' stock." Get unlimited…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (127+ words) Local government reorganisation is a once-in-a-generation service design moment " and LATCos can help deliver it says Simon Fletcher Our experience is that LATCos offer what councils increasingly need: delivery capacity, specialist/niche expertise and the ability to build practical partnerships....

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (727+ words) New Local's annual festival of community power, Stronger Things, gets under way next week. Anna Randle says the event and the movement for change in communities and public services it represents is going from strength-to- strength. Next week, while some…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (298+ words) The MJ We won't track your information when you visit our site. But in order to comply with your preferences, we'll have to use just one tiny cookie so that you're not asked to make this choice again. Lessons from…...