There was much discussion about the most effective way local government can embrace digital at last week's LGC Digital ...

GMB members have rejected a 3.2% pay offer from the National Employers, which negotiates pay on behalf of 350 local ...

Local government finance reform is a difficult but necessary process with important issues left open in the consultation, ...

Local Government Chronicle hosted a webinar, in association with software company Freshworks, exploring how councils can deliver outstanding responses to customer service requests at a time of growing ...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has approved its new chief executive Paul Bellotti. Mr Bellotti will be taking over from interim chief executive Alan Menzies when he retires in November. The former ...

Tom Bryant has been appointed chief executive of Tees Valley CA as part of a restructuring of the group leadership team. Mr Bryant – who has more than 20 years’ experience working in local government ...

A new survey has revealed the high levels of abuse suffered by councillors, with over one fifth saying they have reported an incident to the police. The report from the Local Government Association ...

Guildford MP Zöe Franklin tells LGC why she quit a job she loved and what she thinks local government should offer councillors to make sure more don't follow suit Despite her love for making a ...

The mayoral combined authority offers a once in a generation system leadership opportunity to ensure collective alignment on place, writes the chief executive of the East Midlands CCA. Mayoral ...

The government plans to abolish the committee system and prevent the creation of new directly elected council mayors. In a ...

Four more sector bodies have leant their support to LGC’s Councillors for the 21st Century Campaign calling for improved ...

Croydon LBC's mayor and some of the council's key local partners have called on the government to rethink its plan to appoint ...