EXCLUSIVE: Greater Manchester or Lancashire, London or Essex, Avon or Somerset? Across the country where you say you come ...

EXCLUSIVE: Critics say that democratic power is being 'stripped away' from some traditionally conservative parts of the UK.

Erewash Borough Council, which covers the towns of Long Eaton and Ilkeston along with villages like Breaston, Draycott and Borrowash, is officially within the Derbyshire boundary but sits between the ...

It's been a unitary authority since 1997, meaning it is in charge of all council services in the area it covers. Elsewhere, however, there is a two-tiered system. Derbyshire County Council is in ...

The need to “harness the heft” of the East Midlands and make the region more confident are top of the “to-do” list of the new ...

Council leaders in Trafford had asked the government for financial support to address a “structural deficit in its finances”. This year it is facing one of the toughest budgets yet with a £12m gap to ...

Greater Manchester signed a devolution deal ... It should be noted that while Halton Borough Council is in the ceremonial county of Cheshire rather than Merseyside, it chose to join the devolved ...

Council leaders have ... "putting Oldham on the map as a hub for innovation and advanced manufacturing" Shah added. Burnham said Greater Manchester was "already bucking all the national economic ...

In the East Midlands eight of the region’s ten councils have opted for the maximum rise, while nine out of 10 have hit this threshold in eastern England. Meanwhile, only two councils in the North East ...

Former MP Sir Tony Baldry, has called for protection of Banbury’s economic future as the town faces the possibility of becoming subsumed into a giant three-county ‘council’.