I was struck by the inspirational tone of the year-end report issued by Chief Justice John Roberts. Roberts went back to ...

Democracy is the most profound, most fundamental civic right that should be curtailed only in the most extreme and ...

A huge debate about local democracy has been sparked by a government plan to re-shape dozens of councils and cancel elections ...

Thurrock Council's Labour administration has agreed to ask the government to cancel this year's local elections. A report by ...

A council will ask the government to postpone its local elections after its leader said the authority needed "every ounce" of ...

The shake-up of Warwickshire’s councils is set to be led by the man who oversaw the formation of two unitary authorities in ...

MPs are calling called for a five-unitary authority model, which would see five new authorities created, as part of government plans to reorganise Hampshire councils.

New Forest District Council has formally backed a new unitary council structure. (Image: Supplied) The new structure proposes forming four new mainland unitary councils alongside the Isle of Wight, ...

Just three councils in Essex have asked for their local elections to be cancelled. Basildon, Harlow and Thurrock councils say they want ...

Councils in Cambridgeshire have now set out whether they plan to hold elections this year, after central government offered the chance to delay them. Most councils in the area due to hold elections in ...

Reform UK is taking legal action against the government over its plans to allow some local councils to delay their May ...

Lancaster County residents gather in Penn Square in Lancaster city on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, to protest the Jan. 3 U.S.