The focus of the adult social care debate on older people does not reflect where the most significant pressures lie, argues ...

Upper tier authorities delivering social care in rural areas fear they will get a third less than under previous methods of ...

Two-thirds of social care commissioning budgets are spent on working age and disabled adults but councils claim this group is "forgotten" in government plans. Research by County Councils Network (CCN) ...

Chief executive of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) Nigel Ellis will retire in May 2025 after eight ...

The government has confirmed that it will not reissue South Cambridgeshire DC's best value notice, which had been issued over ...

Homes England has announced that chief executive Peter Denton and chair Peter Freeman will both be stepping down from their ...

It is "extremely concerning" that the Association for Public Service Excellence (Apse) lacks safeguards to limit financial ...

West Berkshire Council has appointed Joseph Holmes as its interim chief executive. Mr Holmes is currently the council’s ...

Thurrock Council is planning legal action against 23 councils that are members of the Association for Public Service ...

Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley (Con) has announced he is stepping down ahead of the county elections next year. Cllr Bradley has been the leader ...

The Budget provides some funding for services under most strain, but we need to wait for the Spending Review for details of ...

Salford City Council has been named the inaugural winner of the LGC Workforce Best Place to Work award. Over 300 local authority professionals from more than 50 councils gathered this week at the ...