In December, the government published plans to merge areas where there are currently more than one tier of local authority - ...

An interactive map reveals the areas of Derbyshire which are most dependent on Universal Credit (UC) after research found that the standard rate doesn't cover food and basic necessities.

You can check payments for your postcode area on our interactive map here: The full list of new postcode areas to receive the payments in Derbyshire and Staffordshire are: The update comes after ...

"It's a waste of money and doesn't make sense." That is one particularly unsentimental attitude one Derbyshire MP expressed to me about the county's current patchwork system of local government ...