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

Residents faced a rise in council tax bills as part of a major overhaul of local government. From April 2028, the current two ...

Proposals will be submitted to the government by 28 November. Gloucestershire County Council leader Lisa Spivey, who is ...

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

Brighton & Hove City Council has unveiled its proposal for five unitary authorities Creating five new unitary authorities for Sussex would save £52.4m a year, Brighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) ...

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

The end of Surrey councils as we know them is set to be confirmed with the Government ready to announce massive changes to how services are delivered in the county - and Woking will get a £500 million ...

Lawyers in the Reagan-era Justice Department developed the so-called unitary executive theory, an expansive interpretation of presidential power that aims to centralize greater control over the ...

Leaders of Preston Partnership have thrown their support behind proposals to create a new unitary authority bringing together Preston, Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire, as part of the ...

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more ...

The Supreme Court majority is advancing a long-term goal of conservatives to strengthen presidential power. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with John Yoo, a proponent of "unitary executive theory." We have ...

In February 2025, the government asked local authorities to submit proposals to create new structures of unitary authorities by November ... In Gedling, Carlton, Arnold and Burton Joyce would form ...