This is the first step towards simplifying a confusing system, protecting front-line services and creating a system of local ...

C ontinued uncertainty around the future of local government in Leicestershire has caused "havoc, upset, and uncertainty", ...

A by-election will take place in Leicestershire ... District Council (HDC) at the local elections in 2011. However, he resigned from the role, opening up a position on HDC. The local authority ...

The government has refused requests by two East Midlands councils to postpone upcoming local elections. In January, Leicestershire County Council and ... county unitary authority excluding the ...

Leicestershire CC has become the latest authority ... the council explained that there is "now an opportunity to bid for devolution on a Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland footprint". It added ...

Two women who scammed a cancer charity and a local ... council out of thousands of pounds have been jailed. Kalvinder Garcha and Lynn Middleton created a fake employee at a Leicestershire local ...

Leicestershire County Council has asked the government to postpone the elections it is due to hold in May as part of plans for a major overhaul of local councils. The authority said delaying the ...

Leicestershire County Council says it intends to increase its share of council tax bills by 4.99% from April. The authority said the rise - the maximum allowable under government rules - was ...

The authority ... Leicestershire, an extra £350m as a short-term measure to ease the pressure. Mr Rowley said the conversation was "very helpful". Council leader Nick Rushton said local ...

Following a public campaign, Rutland was reborn in 1995 as a unitary authority ... council to cover the city of Leicester and another covering rural areas of Leicestershire along with Rutland ...