Councils across England and Wales have lost almost a third of their staff over the past decade - with Birmingham and ...

Birmingham City Council has temporarily scrapped a rat treatment payment fee for residents amid the on-going bin strike. The ...

Birmingham-style bin strikes could be repeated across the country as financially-stricken councils slash services, a union leader warned. Clare Keogh, national officer for local government at Unite, ...

The number of serious safety hazards reported in Newcastle's council housing is far higher than anywhere else in England, ...

Last week, it emerged the government had asked other local authorities to help Birmingham City Council clear the backlog of ...

The UK government on Monday called in military planners to help local officials combat the health crisis of mounting rubbish ...

A Tory MP has said the "Squeaky Blinders must be dancing in the street", after a Tory councillor called for a 'public health ...