The Government is re-organising local authorities and bringing in new mayoral powers under its devolution plans.

The National Audit Office warned town halls are becoming more focused on frontline services, while preventative measures are getting less cash.

Scots pop legend Lulu will headline this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival in what she has said will be her final year of touring, the organisers have announced.

The Commons Education Committee has called for a number of improvements to the ‘rushed’ Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Workers put in £31 billion worth of unpaid overtime last year, with teachers and health and care managers working the longest hours for free, research suggests. The TUC urged people to work their ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK guards free speech “preciously” and denied that the Online Safety Act was a form of censorship. The Prime Minister made the comments after an earlier exchange with ...

Using paramedics in GP surgeries does not save money, a new review suggests. Paramedics have worked in GP practices for many years but their number has increased in recent years to help overstretched ...

HS2 is an example of “how not to run a major project” and the Government “must not waste” its latest opportunity to reset the programme, an influential group of MPs has warned. The Department for ...

The British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union for doctors, and the Government agreed the deal at a meeting on Thursday.