A radical revamp of Lancashire’s councils could end up creating a system that is £11m a year more expensive to run than the ...

Local government minister Jim McMahon "acknowledges" that the withdrawal of councillors from the Local Government Pension ...

The local government minister spoke to LGC ahead of the deadline to submit interim reorganisation proposals this Friday ...

A Labour MP has called for changes to how council tax is calculated, estimating that some households could save up to £1,500 ...

The MP for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton has said the SportsTown project will provide "great opportunities" for Oldham's young people ...

All 15 Lancashire council leaders have agreed to put their names to a letter setting out their initial thoughts about what ...

Kent’s 14 councils are set to be scrapped and turned into only a handful, so what will the future political landscape of the county likely be?

A WEST Cumbrian factory welcomed government minister Jim McMahon through its door last week, during a visit to discuss devolution for the county. Cumberland Council leader Mark Fryer welcomed ...

Improvements to resolve the traffic issues outside Costco Chadderton could soon be moving forward. Customers of the bulk-buy warehouse on Broadway in Oldham often face queuing due to the bottleneck in ...

Conservative shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake told the Commons on Monday: “Help To Buy helped 350,000 young first-time buyers. The stamp duty discount helped 640,000 first-time buyers get on ...

For the son-in-law of the late Jim Crockett Sr., it really was the end of the territories and “what we understood to be ...

Director Chris Smith does not belabor the point, but he makes sure viewers are reminded every once in a while that almost all ...