Councils across the south-east have joined forces to create the country’s largest local authority fostering partnership. The initiative, which kicked off on July 8 and includes Southampton City ...

Although no detailed proposals have been outlined the local authorities ... the future map of local authorities in Wales would not show 10 councils still in existence in South East Wales.

More than 8,000 councillors have been elected across 230 local authorities ... with the biggest falls coming in the South East, East and East Midlands. Most of the gains have been split between ...