The number of housing starts for affordable homes in Greater London fell sharply last year, official figures reveal.

Many London boroughs are not prepared for the expiry of their private finance initiative (PFI) contracts, report finds.

A group of Labour MPs have called for the abolition of Lancashire’s 15 councils in a bid to simplify local government in the ...

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a trial of CCTV at 20 bus shelters across the capital in a bid to improve safety, ...

Former secretary of state John Prescott who has died aged 86 ‘revived British cities and led the refurbishment of thousands ...

Waiting lists for occupational therapy (OT) services have surged by 139% across the UK since 2019, new research has found.

More than 100 local authorities have reported that they have not prosecuted any rogue landlords at all in half a decade, new research reveals.

England’s adult social care sector faces extra costs of £2.8bn next year due to changes announced in last month’s Budget, new research has revealed.

Image: Alex Yeung / Shutterstock.com. The Government could still appoint commissioners to councils despite the proposal to send in non-statutory ministerial envoys to Tower Hamlets LBC, The MJ ...

Image: Amerdeep Somal © Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called for it to be granted further powers to ...

A think-tank has urged the Government to show ‘political courage’ in reforming the local government finance system in next ...

Ministers' insistence on a directly-elected mayor is ‘fast appearing on the horizon as a major stumbling block for English ...