When and where are the May local elections and who can vote?
Voters in parts of England will elect councillors and mayors on Thursday 1 May. These are the first local elections since the ...
London Evening Standard15d
Council tax to be 18% higher in the North East than London – study
The Government justified allowing six councils – Bradford, Newham, Windsor and Maidenhead, Birmingham, Somerset ... regions showed three of the 33 London councils have opted to increase council ...
BBC29d
Somerset Council 'could still go bust'
Somerset Council has been given special permission to increase its share of council tax by 7.49% , above the usual 4.99% cap Somerset Council's top finance officer has warned the authority remains ...
The Independent11d
Inside the fragile harmony between one Somerset town’s locals and the ‘down from Londons’
A Somerset Council spokesperson said: “This [housing emergency] is something that will be covered in the Somerset Local Plan. The council has commissioned the evidence base on housing need ...
BBC1mon
Council has £300m property debt despite sell-off
Somerset Council is in the process of selling the shops and offices in its commercial property portfolio, which it inherited, along with the loan debt, from former district councils. But it has ...
Yahoo News Australia29d
Somerset Council 'could still go bust'
Somerset Council's top finance officer has warned the authority remains in a "critical" position despite a planned almost 7.5% increase in its share of council tax bills. A report by Maria G ...