Thurrock Council's Labour administration has agreed to ask the government to cancel this year's local elections. A report by ...

Residents were going to elect the first ever mayor of Sussex and Brighton, to vote for county councillors for the first time ...

LGC asked some of the leading figures in the sector to outline their hopes or predictions for the 2026. Here is the first set of responses.

That’s a hammer blow to plans to deliver growth and to get power out of Whitehall and back into local communities.

2026 is shaping up to be another important year for the major changes happening at councils in Surrey. In October last year, ...

The mayoral authority will cover a population of approximately 1.5million people of which only 2% will be the residents of Chichester city. This is the devolution of power from Westminster part. In ...

Ahead of an announcement on proposed Sussex devolution, councillors are due to debate the current position of a new mayoral authority and local government reorganisation. Brighton and Hove City ...

Elections are due to take place on 7 May for Hampshire County Council, eight districts and boroughs (Rushmoor, Hart, ...

RESIDENTS, businesses and community groups in Essex have one week left to have their say on local government reorganisation. A public consultation is currently under way following Greater Essex's ...

The leaders of two Labour controlled councils have called for May's local elections to be scrapped because of Lancashire devolution. Blackburn with Darwen Council and Hyndburn Council have held ...

In counties where the shape of new unitaries is undecided, officers hesitate to commit to plans and housing delivery risks ...

LGC asked some of the leading figures in the sector to outline their hopes or predictions for the 2026. Here is the second ...