Local authorities will get new powers next month to force landlords to rent out persistently empty high street properties.

Migrants working in adult social care have reported facing unsustainable working hours, ‘demoralising’ financial insecurity, ...

Government envoys will oversee the management of Tower Hamlets LBC after inspectors found a ‘toxic' environment was stopping ...

A governance review has praised Eastleigh Borough Council for its investments but warned its risk profile could ‘jeopardise ...

A third of young people in council care were placed in accommodation more than 20 miles from their local area last year, a ...

Cheshire East Council has been fined £500,000 after admitting breaches of health and safety legislation that led to a dog ...

Rachel Reeves is set to announce plans to encourage consolidation among local government pension funds to reduce costs and ...

The Autumn Budget leaves the social care sector alarmed about the rise in national insurance contributions, says Rachael ...

A fifth of insurance claims involving a car damaged by a pothole have led to the vehicle being declared a write-off, Allianz ...

Image: Matyas Rehak / Shutterstock.com. Swindon BC is ‘facing a burning financial platform' this year with cost pressures of ...

Image: Lukasz Sadlowski / Shutterstock.com. Stafford Borough Council councillors have green lighted the purchase of the local ...

Social care costs for working-age adults and those with a lifelong disability could reach £17bn by 2030, according to new ...