Local government structure Overview. Local government in England operates under either a one tier system – unitary authorities, or a two tier system – county and district councils. There are five ...

Contrast England where we have not stopped faffing about with various levels of sub-national government since 1965 yet have only managed to make things steadily less clear or simple.

The cost of changing local government in Suffolk from two tiers to one or two unitary authorities has been published. The Boundary Committee for England claims the estimated cost of setting up a ...

As the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) published the police data strategy for 2025 to 2030 on Thursday, force bosses called for a redesign of the structure of policing in England and Wales.

Research has shown that tiered local government is the predominant structure internationally, write the co-authors of Bigger is not better: the evidenced case for keeping ‘local’ government, a report ...

The cost of changing local government in Norfolk from two tiers to one or two unitary authorities has been published. The Boundary Committee for England claims the estimated cost of setting up a ...