Elliott Lancaster is a 24-year-old postgraduate student at Keele University was been shortlisted for the $100,000 Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021 for his Utter Rubbish app, which helps councils handle waste and recycling.
The Government is not in the business of delivering underpowered mayors, says Local Government Minister Simon Clarke MP.
The community response to coronavirus shows how trust in our political system can be rebuilt, says the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
A 60 second interview with Councillor Alex Phillips (Green), the youngest-ever Mayor of Brighton & Hove and a former MEP for South East England.
Cllr Oliver Freeston was elected in 2018 aged 18 and is now Chair of North East Lincolnshire Council’s Children and Lifelong Learning Scrutiny Panel.
Chairman of the Association of Electoral Administrators and Head of Electoral Services at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets answers our questions.
Local solutions are the best way to combat anti-social behaviour and domestic abuse, says Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC.
Speaking exclusively to first, local government’s new Secretary of State sets out his priorities for the sector.
Lord Gary Porter is standing down as Chairman of the LGA after four years in post. He talks to first about the ups and downs of a turbulent time in local government.
Extremism threatens our values as a country – and councils have an important role to play in tackling it, according to Sara Khan, Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism