Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has voiced his support for a ‘limited’ national inquiry into child grooming gangs.

There will be no cap on the number of areas included in the Government's devolution priority programme, a minister has said.

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination' of statutory overrides for special educational needs (SEN) ...

The District Councils’ Network has warned that millions of voters will be ‘deprived of their local democracy’ due to plans to postpone some county council elections.

Senior councillors in South Cambridgeshire will discuss whether the council should monitor staff working second jobs during ...

The City of Edinburgh Council is set to vote through a visitor levy this month, more than six years after it began working on ...

The Government's three-year timetable for reforming social care has been labelled ‘completely unnecessary' by Sir Andrew Dilnot.

Local authorities have been urged to learn from the weaknesses that enabled an Aberdeen City Council employee to defraud the ...

Teachers in the Welsh county of Blaenau Gwent will no longer change pupils who have wet or soiled themselves, according to ...

There are more than 70,000 public charging devices for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, according to mapping service Zapmap ...

Headteachers have warned that schools and colleges will be forced to make cuts if costs continue to outstrip the growth in ...

Scottish council leaders have called on the Government to cover the costs the public and charity sectors are facing from the ...