Southend-on-Sea City Council has agreed to apologise to a mother for failing to assess her needs as a carer on two occasions.

Local authorities and mayors have urged the Government to grant them more powers to tackle gambling in their local areas.

Council chiefs have urged the Government to increase the temporary accommodation subsidy as MPs warn homeless children are ...

Bracknell Forest Council and NHS Frimley ICB have promised ‘urgent and sustained improvements’ following a critical Ofsted ...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has alerted drivers that they will be switching off street lights along two main roads as ...

Oxfordshire County Council has agreed to pay £7,900 in compensation after council failures led to a child missing out on four ...

London’s councils have called for joint decision-making arrangements between the mayor and the capital’s boroughs as part of a new devolution settlement.

County Councils Network and Rural Services Network will not financially support legal action over axing of the £100m rural services grant, The MJ understands.