No 10 North will take over responsibilities for local economic growth and devolution strategy from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. The new body will also take local economic ...

Last week’s “concession” on affordable housing for London does not go far enough, according to Tower Hamlets LBC. Last month ...

The minister responsible for housing and planning will now attend cabinet as Andy Burnham continues to form his administration. Matthew Pennycook, who has ...

Residents don’t want to talk about governance structures – they care about the places they call home, writes the leader of ...

Angela Rayner has returned to the role of secretary of state for the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Her appointment came after Andy Burnham became prime minister, and this ...

Former communities secretary Angela Rayner received £16,876 in a severance package after resigning last year, departmental accounts have revealed. Ms Rayner resigned last September after it was ruled ...

The communities secretary has left government as Andy Burnham begins to shape his new cabinet. Steve Reed, who was seen as one of the cabinet ministers most loyal to Sir Keir Starmer, was appointed to ...

The average size of the new unitary councils announced in the latest round of local government reorganisations is 411,000 – around 56,000 larger than those announced in March, LGC analysis can reveal.

The new PM will have to empower senior officials delivering devolution to tame Sir Humphrey, writes the associate dean, School of Public Policy, at the LSE. Andy Burnham has made it clear that ...

Reform UK's Sarah Wood was elected as the new leader of Kirklees MBC last night following two months' stalemate. During the ...

The local government minister was unable to promise that local government reorganisation decisions will have the support of ...

The government has proposed to expand the number of "potential indicators of failure" for councils' best value duty by more ...