Councils in Scotland will be granted powers to limit rent increases on some properties under new legislation. The Housing ...

Two people have died and three members of the public are in a serious condition after an attack on a synagogue in Manchester.

Councils are expected to call for tighter controls over houses in multiple occupation (HMO) after a ‘rush' of applications ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has exposed a major safeguarding failure in Haringey, as hundreds of police ...

More should be done to devolve health, mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness has told a Labour Party conference fringe ...

Four in five major residential planning appeals on grey belt land have been approved since the Government’s policy came into ...

The shadow local government secretary has accused Labour of leaving councils with ‘short term fixes', identifying asylum ...

Two Oxfordshire councils have been told to withdraw their joint local plan due to concerns there was not enough cooperation ...

Two Nottinghamshire local authorities have accused neighbouring councils of ‘prematurely’ publishing a report on local ...

Local Government is facing a growing HR and wellbeing challenge as new analysis highlights the scale of GDPR breaches across ...

The Welsh Government is to extend the time allowed before council tax enforcement can take place. Residents will become ...

Dan Crowe, 3ni, examines Pride in Place, highlighting how community capacity-building, and hyper-local decision-making are ...