The GMB Union is balloting more than 150,000 school and council workers on industrial action over the local government pay ...

Ten council pension funds that have been told to join a new pool after ministers rejected their current pool’s business plan ...

The government has confirmed that support with Woking BC's debt will be provided for any new authorities as part of local ...

Reform UK plans to hire “taskforces” of auditors to cut council waste, but one council leader who lost his seat warned that this would be difficult to ...

An organisation that pools the assets of 11 council pension funds has warned that government plans to force them to move to a ...

Two pools and 21 council pension funds have to make fundamental decisions about their future – with profound implications for ...

West Berkshire has given the interim chief executive Joseph Holmes the job on a permanent basis. Mr Holmes joined the council ...

The Liberal Democrats won overall control at two counties and are largest party in four other councils after the local ...

At least five Conservative county leaders lost their seats as the party was wiped out across the shires following Thursday’s ...

Reform has won its second metro mayor contest, with former Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell elected mayor of the new ...

Cross-party talks are due to be held in Northumberland as the county council remains in no overall control. Reform gained 23 ...

Former MP Paul Bristow has won the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CA mayoralty, with Reform UK’s candidate coming second. Mr ...