The coming year promises to be another eventful one for local government, but there are questions over the government's ...

LGC asked some of the leading figures in the sector to outline their hopes or predictions for the 2026. Here is the first set ...

LGC analysis reveals reluctance to ask for the government to cancel May 2026 elections in areas undergoing local government ...

Professor Tony Travers has been granted a CBE as part of the 2026 new year honours list. Professor Travers is the associate ...

Barnsley MBC chief Sarah Norman is one of several local government figures recognised in the 2026 new year honours list.

Barnsley MBC chief Sarah Norman is one of several local government figures recognised in the 2026 new year honours list. Several senior officers, members of staff and councillors were named earlier ...

With rapid change at home and abroad, a panel of experts joined… ...

Practitioners must use the government consultation to preserve a guardrail that protects member interests, fund autonomy and the credibility of the entire pooling project, writes the tri-borough ...

Listen now to the latest episode of The Local Authority, the podcast from LGC, for a special episode looking back at 2025.

Leicestershire CC had a “sorry record of failures” on the sexual abuse of children in its care from the 1960s to the 1980s, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has found. A report ...

Campaign of the Year Wigan MBC Love is not abuse – Wigan Council and partners A highly sophisticated, multi-layered campaign that was co-designed with the community and demonstrated a real impact.

The government has allowed councils to keep ballooning deficits on spending for children with special educational needs and disabilities off their balance sheets for a further three years. The ...