THERE is no dressing up yesterday’s awful figures on government borrowing. Britain is behaving like someone who tries to cope with losing their job by going out on a spending spree on multiple

Two Conservative MPs have backed a Lib Dem district leader's call for a ministerial meeting to discuss concerns over reorganisation in Leicestershire

Tory councillors pressed the borough’s Lib Dem administration to give updates on the golf course deal at a full council meeting in Maidenhead Town Hall.

A school has been granted permission to expand to add more than 100 extra places - despite parents being slated for poor parking.

Cllr Nicky Hopwood (Con, Woolwell) described it as a ‘tourism tax’, to which council leader Julian Brazil (Lib Dem, Stokenham) responded: “They have a tourism tax on the continent, but people still go there!”

Reorganisation has tested the strength of the local government family unity as they squabble over the "best" way to govern, writes chief reporter Caitlin

West Lindsey councillors have said both Labour and Conservative governments share responsibility for the existential problems facing farmers. The current government has been criticised for capping inheritance tax relief for farms, meaning they could face huge bills for assets which are passed down.

Councillors have called for a banking hub in Gainsborough as more branches move out of town. Major banks are increasingly closing branches, with more than 6,000 having shut since 2015, as more users move online.

WARWICKSHIRE County Council has set aside an extra £16 million to cover cost overruns related to a bridge over the A46 in Kenilworth – more than double its initial contribution. The eye-watering figure was revealed at a meeting of the county’s cabinet – the Conservative panel of councillors in charge of major service areas – on Tuesday by deputy leader Cllr Peter Butlin (Con,

AN ENTRANCE for a new housing scheme onto the road – close to where a number of junctions already converge – sparked traffic safety

Holidaymakers visiting South Devon tourist hotspots like Salcombe and Dartmouth will, after all, have to pay more to park than local people.

Some town councils and business groups have warned that the new parking charges in South Hams, Devon, will put people off coming to the area and spending money