Ann McGauran

The Government's new housing targets ‘are a better balance across the country' with ‘a conceptual possibility' they can be met, Birmingham City Council's housing...

Future Forum Midlands: Norse chief outlines merger challenges

The rejection by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker of Warwickshire joining his combined authority puts the county at risk of becoming a devolution island, a chief...

Stephen Atkinson is blasting through the ranks of Reform UK, following the party's disruptive success in the local elections in May and his ratification as leader...

Nearly half of survey respondents have backed the creation of two unitaries for Worcestershire rather than the county's interim preference for a single unitary....

Unison has rejected the employer's 3.2% pay offer by a large majority but on low turnout, The MJ understands. GMB and Unite have already rejected the pay offer...

The reorganisation game has warmed up and is starting to play out on turbulent political terrain. While local authorities shape their proposals for new unitaries,...

The net zero agenda in local government is ‘stalling', a campaign group has warned. Published this week, the second edition of Climate Emergency UK's Council...

Local government should beware of using reorganisation solely to ‘redesign the same things on a different scale', a sector leader has said. Deputy chief executive...

Funding from the Scottish Government to local government may be increasing by 6% in real terms this year, but as is the case in England, the pressures on councils...