A host of local and mayoral elections will be taking place across England on Thursday 1 May - the first voting day since the ...

Peterborough City Council is already a unitary council, but is included in the reorganisation plans. A letter sent to the ...

Psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on the most interesting contests at this May's local elections. Read their ...

Data suggests that the creation of more smaller councils under LGR would be more costly for taxpayers, while larger councils would deliver ...

The deadline for registering to vote in time for the 2025 local elections is Friday 11 April. You can do this using the government's Gov.uk portal and will need your National Insurance number.

She said it was becoming “increasingly unsustainable” for areas to have a two-tier local government structure. Cllr Meschini added that it was “right and proper” that work on this was left ...

Council leaders have been asked to submit an interim plan for a new local government structure by the end of the week (March 21) and to submit a full proposal by November 28. Under the expected ...

The UK’s largest local authority has declared ... In a statement in the House of Commons regarding Birmingham council, local government minister Jim McMahon said the strike was causing risk ...