Just one council may run services in a county in the west of England in a bid to simplify local government and cut costs. Councillors in Gloucestershire have been working on plans to merge the ...

Brentwood Council in Essex is one of many district councils due to be abolished and replaced by a larger unitary authority in 2028 The government's decision to reinstate council elections in Norfolk, ...

Currently Hertfordshire operates a ‘two-tier’ local government structure – with 10 district and borough councils and one ...

The network of 15 councils in Essex will be abolished and replaced with five local authorities, the government has announced. The new all-purpose councils - known as unitary authorities - are due to ...

We have the larger story behind a seemingly small news item. The Supreme Court this month let President Trump fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission - at least for now. The court ...