Rugby Borough Council has backed plans for one new county-wide unitary authority for Warwickshire and wants it to be located in the town. Politicians from all three parties, Labour, the Liberal ...

Steve O'Brien, the chair of Corby Town Council's Planning Committee, said the authority "being excluded from the process ...

Oxfordshire's councils are voting through rival plans for local government reorganisation. The government aims to make a decision by next summer, with elections to the new council, or possibly ...

Bromsgrove District, Malvern Hills District, Redditch Borough, Worcester City, and Wychavon District councils worked together ...

I will explore the origins, development, and implications of the unitary executive theory. It argues that while the theory ...

One of the two new unitary authorities confirmed for Surrey could be saddled with billions of pounds of debt before it has even launched. The government confirmed on Tuesday it will replace Surrey ...

The new council, which would replace the current two-tier local authority system, would cover six current district and borough areas if plans are approved by the Government. Existing authorities are ...

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 ...

A joint plan to establish East Lancashire as a single unitary authority, combining Burnley, Pendle, and Rossendale, has been ...

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 ...