A major shake-up of local councils in England could spell the end of areas where independents – with no allegiance to major ...

Four Conservative councillors have resigned from their party after they were "appalled and dismayed" by their Tory colleagues ...

Four councillors who represented the Conservative party in Mid Suffolk have turned Independent over the county council's ...

Councillors have raised concerns over Ellen DeGeneres ' extension on her £15million Cotswolds home - fearing it could have ...

A total of six councils serving more than two million residents have been given permission to increase bills beyond the ...

Mid Suffolk District councillors James Caston, Lavinia Hadingham, Anders Linder and John Whitehead have became independent, leaving just three Conservative representatives on the authority.

Lib-Dem councillors have resigned from Pendle Council’s shared leadership in an ongoing dispute over introducing an app for ...

There has been a steady increase in the number of independent councillors over the past decade, with more than 2,200 across England and Wales. At the moment, groups of independents are involved in ...

The shuttle bus service between Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital will continue but there will be a charge.