Thurrock Council has threatened to sue other councils as it legally goes after the Association of Public Service Excellence ...

Seven areas in England will benefit from a share of £45m to ‘unblock’ new housing developments that have been stalled by ...

Rayner, who today chaired the first meeting of the cross-government group on tackling homelessness, described homelessness as ‘a national disgrace’. ‘We are approaching the harshest months of the year ...

Local authorities in England need to learn from past failures to get support for adoptive families right, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman says.

The leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has announced he is stepping down from the role after a ‘challenging’ year.

The council reminded people that many seals on the beach would be resting and did not need to be ushered back into the water. It said disturbing seals could be dangerous and sometimes even fatal to ...

Support services for parents in communities affected by violence have been found to positively impact their mental health and improve communication with their children.

Eight out of 10 councils are on course to overspend their adult social care budget this financial year, directors of adult ...

Councils' homelessness prevention duty to evicted tenants could be extended from 56 to 147 days or more under the Renters' ...

MPs have launched an inquiry looking into the costs of failing to fix the struggling adult social care system.

Cardiff Council takes PSTN switch-off as opportunity to rethink school communications, writes Dan York, Local Government ...

Each project will get £150,000 from the Government’s Rural Transport Accelerator Fund, which supports the development of ...