The proportion of votes needed to win a seat tumbled to its lowest ever, one of a number of nadirs in a remarkable set of ...

Even among Reform voters, a majority support policies to stop climate change, writes the chief executive of UK100. The 2025 ...

The future leadership of Wiltshire Council remains a mystery as the two parties with the most seats vie for the approval of ...

The sheer number of inexperienced councillors and administrations elected on Thursday will pose challenges for councils – and ...

The GMB Union is balloting more than 150,000 school and council workers on industrial action over the local government pay ...

Ten council pension funds that have been told to join a new pool after ministers rejected their current pool’s business plan ...

The government has confirmed that support with Woking BC's debt will be provided for any new authorities as part of local ...

Reform UK plans to hire “taskforces” of auditors to cut council waste, but one council leader who lost his seat warned that this would be difficult to ...

An organisation that pools the assets of 11 council pension funds has warned that government plans to force them to move to a ...

West Berkshire has given the interim chief executive Joseph Holmes the job on a permanent basis. Mr Holmes joined the council ...

The Liberal Democrats won overall control at two counties and are largest party in four other councils after the local ...

At least five Conservative county leaders lost their seats as the party was wiped out across the shires following Thursday’s ...