Dan GrimmerNorwich City Council looks set to ask the government to refund the money spent preparing the authority to become a unitary council - after the new coalition announced it planned to scrap ...

Fenland Council's cabinet has called for a halt to the shake-up of local government, describing it as “fundamentally flawed” and likely to fail unless a full and independent review is undertaken. At ...

Despite successfully removing all obstacles—such as term limits and the presidential age limit—that once stood in the way of a life presidency, it is becoming evident to President Museveni's ...

Nuneaton and Bedworth has not backed Warwickshire County Council's bid to become a new unitary authority. Borough and district leaders from across the county met with Shire Hall leader councillor Izzi ...

Proposals by Warwickshire CC to start a public debate on county unitary status come only a week after Leicestershire CC said a county unitary there could save £30m a year. Conversion to county unitary ...

One of my biggest concerns about the Government’s plans to reform local government in Suffolk is simply the lack of debate, but Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is too important to be ignored.

We reported yesterday (Thursday) that Leicestershire County Council had put forward the idea, which would see the seven district and borough councils, including Melton’s, dissolved in favour of a ...

For 242 years, the United States has operated under the constitutionally provided three branches of government. This seems to have worked well. Differences get resolved and America, the great ...

Under President Barack Obama, Americans saw how divided government leads to crisis-wracked governance, with the Republican Congress roadblocking presidential appointments (particularly in the courts) ...