Councillors are angry over Whitehall's U-turn on its decision to cancel elections in three areas.

The leaders of two Labour controlled councils have called for May's local elections to be scrapped because of Lancashire devolution. Blackburn with Darwen Council and Hyndburn Council have held ...

A council could be moving a step closer to reaching a deal on devolution by joining with its neighbouring authority. West Northamptonshire Council is holding an extraordinary meeting on Friday to ...

North Yorkshire Council rejected a proposal to allocate £100,000 per year to support town and parish councils in taking on additional responsibilities through "double devolution". This initiative is ...

The mayor's key responsibilities are likely to include transport, housing and skills [BBC/Getty] Leaders at a county council have formally agreed to a new mayor in a bid to "turbocharge" growth.

A Lib Dem councillor has quit the party over plans to devolve power to town and parish councils. Shropshire Council has invited them to take over services such as road cleaning, street lighting and ...

GOVERNMENT FUNDING for Dorset will continue to be unfair because of Government policy – according to council leader Nick Ireland. He claims the county could be £300million a year better off, almost ...

An alternative proposal is also being consulted on by the government. This has been submitted jointly by Bromsgrove District, Redditch Borough, Malvern Hills District, Worcester City and Wychavon ...

Head of Public Affairs Matt Browne puts local government reforms under the spotlight, in search of vanished promises on nature recovery.