The pound is trading at $1.22 this morning – a level last seen in November 2023. Elsewhere in the Money blog, Edinburgh is ...

Ministers are offering to hand over a raft of new powers to areas if they agree to scrap the current two-tier system of local ...

Norfolk County Council has asked the government to postpone its local elections this year, in the first step towards a major ...

Leicester’s borders could be expanded into the county. Local leaders have said they intend to put forward proposals that ...

Gloucestershire County Council's cabinet met on Thursday afternoon to discuss the prospect of delaying the election until ...

County council leaders are requesting local elections be suspended, as part of a bid to become one of the first areas to go through a major reorganisation process.

Half of the 21 county councils due to have elections in May could now postpone them for at least a year, as they consider ...

Under Labour's plans for a shake-up of local government, ministers have proposed abolishing two-tier council areas.

He was expelled in June 2024 after deciding to stand against an incumbent Tory MP in last year's General Election ...

Lucy Powell said postponement will only be considered if it will help to deliver devolution in ‘the most ambitious timeframe ...

Norfolk county councillors have voted to request that May's County Hall elections are postponed, sparking anger.