The government is set to appoint ‘ministerial envoys’ to Tower Hamlets Council as part of a statutory support package ...

Thurrock Council expects legal and other professional fees related to the fallout from its financial failure to exceed £47.4m ...

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird abruptly left a housing committee inquiry this morning, claiming he did not want to be part ...

MPs have promised to try to work together to address social care reform. Social care minister Stephen Kinnock told the County ...

Chief executive of Stevenage BC Matt Partridge will be retiring in the new year. He first joined the council in 2013 as ...

A renewed approach to lifelong learning is needed for sustained economic growth, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley Today's news and views New: Borough ...

Upper tier authorities delivering social care in rural areas fear they will get a third less than under previous methods of ...

Eamonn Boylan has been appointed as the interim chief executive of Homes England. He will succeed the current chief executive ...

The focus of the adult social care debate on older people does not reflect where the most significant pressures lie, argues ...

Councils can have bigger impact when they work in partnership with charities, writes the chief executive of Citizens Advice.

Legal action by Thurrock Council could spread “like a contagion” embroiling hundreds of councils across the UK in a costly ...

Two-thirds of social care commissioning budgets are spent on working age and disabled adults but councils claim this group is "forgotten" in government ...