The English devolution white paper outlines ambitions to join up public services, hand mayors more influence over arms-length ...

Discussions need to move beyond boundaries and population numbers otherwise we risk scaling up systems that are already ...

The Local Government Association has said stakeholders should have more time to respond to concerns about the impact of new ...

The LGC team's recent visits to the areas electing combined authority mayors tomorrow found the public are yet to be ...

Councils must make sure their information and assets are ‘AI-ready’ to maximise the potential of new technology, but it won't ...

All planning authorities should have a statutory chief planning officer to provide "seniority" and "competency", a body that ...

Rachel Reeves is banking on AI to improve public sector productivity while neglecting the need to craft human solutions to ...

A champion boxer who only entered politics this year has emerged as the favourite to become the first mayor of the region, ...

Balvinder Heran has been appointed permanent chief executive of Dudley MBC. Balvinder joined the authority in March 2021 as ...

The contests for combined authority mayors are anything but easy to forecast. Thom Oliver, a senior lecturer in politics at the University of the West of ...

Transport is a top priority for the mayoral race for the West of England CA with candidates pledging to improve connections ...

The Local Government Association is calling for all new homes to have solar panels installed in a bid to meet the ...