Around one in 10 councils across the UK are reducing one or more bin collection services, even though council tax is set to ...

A MAP reveals how much council tax is going ... A spokesperson for the Local Government Association, which represents councils across England, said that councils continue to face "severe ...

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For nearly 70 per cent of England’s population, it is the third consecutive year that bills have gone up by at least the maximum legal amount. In London boroughs, the average council tax bill is ...

Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, South, Vale and West Berkshire councils are pushing for Oxfordshire to be split into two councils.

There are no plans yet about where the new council boundaries would be but, after talking to lots of people in local government, we think the above map may ... in the East of England, and will ...

Labour and Reform have claimed important victories in the UK local elections, as our map shows who has won in ... as district councils are merged with county councils in these areas to create ...

A vast majority of councils have signalled they will apply a maximum council tax increase of at least 4.99 per cent this year ...