Derbyshire councils are in deadlock over how to redraw the county’s local government map after the impending scrapping and merging of all its major authorities.

Shadow elections would probably be held in 2027 if Derbyshire County Council has its elections postponed. But things have not exactly got off to a harmonious start for Derbyshire's council leaders.

Despite resounding success for Reform UK across Derbyshire, surging to two-thirds control of the county council, the question remains: What are they going to do and how? These are the same ...

There are 64 seats on Derbyshire County Council up for grabs - and three parties are fighting for every one of them. The Conservatives, Labour and Reform UK have candidates in every ward.

The Conservatives have retained control of Derbyshire County Council and increased their majority. With all 64 seats declared they won 45, external, an increase of nine, after they took control in ...

Cllr Barry Lewis is the Leader of Derbyshire County Council and the Vice-Chairman-Elect of the County Councils Network. When the Prime Minister made his levelling-up speech last month, he said ...

The county council got ahead of the pack in January and submitted its own initial independent bid for Derbyshire to have two councils – one for Derby and one for the current county council area ...

Derbyshire councils are in deadlock over how to redraw the county’s local government map due to the impending scrapping and merging of all its major authorities. It has become a case of ...

"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 ...