More than 77% of the council's £803m budget would be spent on social care and public health, under the draft package Suffolk County Council's cabinet members have agreed to raise its share of tax ...

Local elections could be postponed following a decision to put Suffolk forward for the government's devolution fast-track programme. Leader of Suffolk County Council Matthew Hicks said voting ...

Sarah Adams, leader of the Labour group at Suffolk County Council, said she had "no problem" with the decision as it was a Labour government White Paper, adding that she supported the council ...

Paul West, Suffolk County Council Conservative cabinet member for Ipswich, operational highways and flooding, thanked residents for their "understanding and patience".

Leicestershire County Council has asked the government to postpone the elections it is due to hold in May as part of plans for a major overhaul of local councils. The authority said delaying the ...

Gloucestershire County Council is applying to the government to postpone its elections in May 2025. It comes as the county prepares to form a unitary 'super council' which would see district and ...

More than half of the county councils in England with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have the votes postponed, the BBC can reveal. At least 14 out of 21 county councils due to ...

Image caption, County Hall in Worcester has been off-limits since the summer Following the government's devolution request that two-tier council areas such as Worcestershire submit proposals for ...

Surrey County Council will hold a meeting later to discuss its application to postpone May's local elections. It has requested holding them in 2026, giving it time to make proposals on council ...

Galway County Council has announced additional emergency response hubs in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Six were announced yesterday, which are providing services such as shower facilities, water, ...

Derbyshire County Council has submitted to Government a request to be included in the first wave of councils to progress reorganisation of the county’s two-tier council structure, in a bid to ...