Devon County Council leader Julian Brazil, Liberal Democrat, accused rival councils of "gerrymandering" - manipulating ...

The unitary form of government will put power at the centre. This, as it has been in the past, will foster corruption. Let’s make the centre less attractive and bring power to the people because ...

Councillors have come up with two proposals: to merge all seven existing councils in to one "super unitary", or to split the ...

Worcestershire County Council says a single unitary authority would retain the current and long-established county boundary ...

Southampton City Council and Eastleigh BC recognise whatever the outcome of local government reorganisation (LGR) elected ...

Splitting up Surrey is the first part of a massive reorganization of English local government that looks set to soak up the ...

“We’re just not visible from Norwich.” Those are the words of West Norfolk Council leader Alistair Beales, who has expressed ...

Just a third of Devon’s existing councillors could survive the biggest overhaul of local government in 50 years, creating mega-wards for those left that some feel only retired people could manage.

Currently Surrey works under a two tier system, meaning we have one County Council and 11 boroughs and districts, such as ...

Three councils in the south of Staffordshire have teamed up to put forward plans for three separate unitary authorities, in a ...

Under the plan, there would be one council each for Plymouth, Exeter, and Torbay, plus a fourth for Devon's coast and ...