Ministers announced on Thursday that 63 district and county councils across England would be allowed to delay local elections from next May to 2027 while they deal with a wider reorganisation of local ...

The Electoral Commission said voting should only be deferred in exceptional circumstances and that the move risked "damaging public confidence".

The four Labour-run authorities had argued that the elections would potentially disrupt a government-ordered shake-up that ...

Last month a leaked video recording showed Linden Kemkaran, Reform UK's leader in Kent, swearing at councillors from her own party and telling them to "suck it up" if they didn't agree with her. The ...