Local councils are to be given sweeping powers to issue on-the-spot fines for minor misdemeanours such as climbing trees in ...

Hurdles to hitting the 'extremely optimistic' goal set by Keir Starmer include staff shortages, high interest rates, small ...

Nigel Farage has demanded an apology from the leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch, and claimed he had opened his ...

The Daily T: Super-prisons...coming to a village near you? Plus Jenrick on first-cousin marriage and whether Shamima Begum should return to the UK now that the Assad regime has fallen ...

However, Councillor Martin Hill, leader of Lincolnshire County Council, has insisted the authority is still expecting ...

Deputy PM Angela Rayner to boost council power to prioritise homes for social rent ...

East Riding Council must approve plans to build around 2,000 new homes a year to meet the government's ambitious plans. The ...

Angela Rayner's 'devolution revolution' will create more directly elected mayors – including in Sussex – according to a national newspaper.

The leader of Hull City Council has admitted that the Government's new housing target "will be a challenge for the city". The ...

Devolution will be “default in our constitution” rather than “at the whim of a minister in Whitehall”, Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the ...

Angela Rayner will promise to make devolution the “default setting” for councils across the country after senior Government figures warned they could overrule local authorities’ objections ...