Central Government is Reshaping Local Councils: A significant decision about the future structure of Devon's local government will be made soon by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local ...

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) will produce the biggest shake up of local politics in decades. From April 2028, the ...

Hertfordshire currently operates under an upper two-tier system of local government, with a county council and 10 smaller districts and boroughs. By April 2028 that structure is expected to be ...

Some councils have told the department that elections could derail once-in-a-generation plans to scrap wasteful 'two-tier' councils. English councils ...

The elections watchdog has criticised the government for offering to consider delaying 63 local council elections next year - ...

East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward says the Labour Party’s preferences will not influence her stance on local government ...

Rebecca Smith, Conservative MP for South West Devon, which includes part of Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon, is asking ...

Ministers announced on Thursday that 63 district and county councils across England would be allowed to delay local elections from next May to 2027 while they deal with a wider reorganisation of local ...

Two leading local politicians are due to answer questions from the public about the proposed shake up of councils in Sussex.

A council’s stance on local government reorganisation will likely be determined on whether too few authorities would cause it ...

The Electoral Commission has raised concerns about the prospect of more delays to council elections in England, saying it ...