The government has extended the deadline for councils to appoint people to two newly-created Local Government Pension Scheme ...

Tributes have been paid to the founding chairman of the Local Government Association Lord Jeremy Beecham, who has died aged ...

A mistake in council funding calculations that cost the government £116m to fix was flagged weeks before it told councils their provisional funding ...

In the latest edition of the LGC Investment Podcast, Rachel Brothwood, executive director of pensions at the West Midlands Pension Fund, and Matthew ...

With local Send reform plans due to be submitted to the government by 19 June, the clock is ticking, writes Joe Miller, who leads Send and inclusion work ...

Head of content Kirsty Weakley takes a closer look at what this year's council tax figures tell us. Today's top stories ...

The vast majority of council pension funds recorded significant increases in their funding levels following their three ...

Burnley BC's programme to tackle long-term empty homes has halved the number of unoccupied properties Bringing Empty Homes ...

Entries for the LGC Investment Awards 2026 have opened, with the addition of three new categories to reflect evolving ...

Unfunded cost pressures on social care providers could force councils to ration services again, The King’s Fund has warned in ...

Academic research has found funding is not the biggest factor in a council’s performance in the climate action scorecards, ...

The average Band D council tax rate has increased by £111, or 4.9% compared to last year, according to government data. The ...