Jillian Kay has been appointed Southampton City Council’s chief executive, subject to approval of full council tomorrow.

Reorganisation has tested the strength of the local government family unity as they squabble over the "best" way to govern, ...

Two Conservative MPs have backed a Lib Dem district leader's call for a ministerial meeting to discuss concerns over ...

Current housing revenue account rules stop many councils building more than 199 homes, writes the housing spokesperson for ...

The government has unveiled plans to overhaul the planning system for major infrastructure projects in a bid to “streamline” ...

Two districts have publicly opposed the inclusion of one unitary ahead of a meeting for potential members of a Thames Valley ...

Harlow DC is set to appoint a permanent managing director alongside three executive directors as part of a restructure of the ...

Surrey councils fear that Woking BC's debt will be shared across all the new unitaries following reorganisation. Woking ...

The system that emerges from reorganisation will be unfit to inherit the name ‘local government’, write the emeritus ...

Essex, Stevenage and Rotherham are among council making changes to their senior teams. Nicole Wood has been appointed as the ...

District council leaders have described plans for two unitaries in Lincolnshire as “premature,” citing concerns over scale, ...

Barnet LBC has issued a section 114 notice due to "unlawful" payments made into and from their pension fund. Papers, issued ...