Credit: ITV News Central Leicestershire County Council has published fresh budget proposals, outlining a multi-million pound investment in services while confirming a 4.99% rise in Council Tax ...

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

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 ...

In Leicestershire, this would mean merging the county council and the seven borough and district councils into a single authority. Proposals have also been presented to expand the borders of ...

Early proposals for a new council structure have been outlined for Leicester, Leicestershire and possibly Rutland. These could see the end of districts and boroughs in the county. The potential ex ...

Proposals to create one super council to govern Leicestershire have this afternoon (Wednesday) been put on hold.

Leicestershire CC has become the latest ... The city has a population of 380,000. The county’s preferred model for reorganisation involves a unitary city council with expanded boundaries, alongside a ...

Labour says this would make delivering services more efficient and Leicestershire County Council has already called for its merger with Rutland to be restored. Under Labour’s plans, Rutland ...

Lee Paul Smith, of Godwin Court in Wigston, was prosecuted by Leicestershire County Council’s Trading Standards for fraudulent trading contrary to section 993 of the Companies Act 2006.

Leicestershire County Council's trading standards team is urging people to "be on the alert for doorstep traders and cold callers offering flood mitigation measures". It said offers of building ...

Allegheny County Council races tend to be sleepier affairs than other local contests: Council members work part-time, and most balance day jobs with their government responsibilities. But the 15 ...

More than half of the county councils in England with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have the votes postponed, the BBC can reveal. At least 14 out of 21 county councils due to ...