In Hampshire, the county council and all the district councils will be abolished, with new larger "unitary councils" - which combine all the services delivered by both bodies - coming into being in ...

Derbyshire County Council's leader, Reform UK's Alan Graves, claimed a single united Derbyshire would be supported by ...

Gloucestershire County Council has voted in favour of a single authority for the whole county.

The county council argues its model removes any confusion for residents about who delivers their public services. Whatever ...

Cheltenham Borough Council supported the East-West plans while Gloucester City Council supported the scheme they developed which would involve an expanded Greater Gloucester authority with a separate ...

As England’s shift to unitary authorities accelerates, councils face a rare chance to rethink how they work, says Eman ...

Federated Farmers agrees with the Government that decisions on future council structures should be driven locally, by elected representatives. "But we see problems with completely removing current ...

The neighbourhood-based claim is trotted out routinely by county councils at every reorganisation but it is misdirection. The ...

Green councillors have repeated their concerns that Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is a ‘threat to local democracy’ ...

The minority Labour administration in charge of North Herts Council is set to face a vote of no confidence over its stance on local ...

A special meeting of Burnley’s full council has unanimously backed a five all-purpose authorities proposal for ...

The backers of a plan to dramatically reshape Devon’s councils claim their proposal could save around £500 million in just 10 ...