One of the two new unitary authorities confirmed for Surrey could be saddled with billions of pounds of debt before it has ...

Councillors have come up with two proposals: to merge all seven existing councils in to one "super unitary", or to split the ...

Surrey County Council and 11 borough and district councils will be dissolved and merged into the two large authorities, the ...

Residents faced a rise in council tax bills as part of a major overhaul of local government. From April 2028, the current two-tier system of district and county councils in Cambridgeshire and ...

The government has been asked to delay a councils shake-up that will axe all of Lancashire's local authorities, amid a ...

To the editor: The real conflict on the U.S. Supreme Court is one between the political systems of federalism and a unitary form of government. (“As a new Supreme Court term begins, prepare for the ...

The unitary form of government will put power at the centre. This, as it has been in the past, will foster corruption. Let’s make the centre less attractive and bring power to the people because ...

Staffordshire county councillors from across the political divide have spoken out against national plans to reorganise the ...