Consultants have been paid £325,000 to draw up plans to amalgamate a number of councils. Under the proposals, Worcestershire ...

Plans for Gloucestershire to be split into two unitary councils have been backed by civic chiefs in Cheltenham. Councillors ...

Twelve council leaders in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Swindon are expected to back a request to form a new mayoral strategic ...

North Hertfordshire could be “saddled” with a “bankrupt” council that would be “destined to fail” if the four-model option ...

The government has ruled out holding a referendum on any potential expansion of Leicester's political boundary. Labour mayor Sir Peter Soulsby wants the city to grow into surrounding suburbs, towns ...