A string of bill increases have taken effect but minimum wage and benefit rises will help some to pay them. Source link

It will rise by 4.9% on average across England from next month, new figures show. Source link

Scottish Borders Council is being advised to start the process to shut Fountainhall Primary for good. Source link

Vale of Glamorgan and Conwy have the highest increases at 6.5%, while Neath Port Talbot has the lowest at 3.5%. Source link

Richard Daniel/BBCThe Warren, in Thorpeness, was torn down in OctoberA council has confirmed it will continue to provide funding for homeowners facing demolition costs on a crumbling Suffolk coastline.Several ...

BBCSome parents at the school have expressed concerns about the proposalIt is a peaceful outdoor area behind a school where pupils can climb trees, toast marshmallows and take part ...

A former Conservative MP and ex-council leader has joined Reform UK.Ben Bradley, who has spent the past year out of politics after losing his Mansfield seat in 2024, confirmed ...

A council has unanimously voted to become the first endometriosis friendly local authority in the north of England.Deputy mayor of Redcar Ceri Cawley was diagnosed with the condition in ...

Getty ImagesHelensburgh is the largest town in Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute Council has become the fifth local authority in Scotland to pause plans for a "tourist tax" on ...

Tom BennettBBC News, in JerusalemGetty ImagesQatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the council that Israel was "led by blusterous extremists"The United Nations Security Council has condemned ...

A council has written to people in Paisley asking them to remove any saltires or union jacks from lampposts throughout the town.Renfrewshire Council said it made the decision "for ...

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterReutersThe UK government did not do its own analysis of the cost of the biggest reorganisation of councils in England for decades, the BBC has learned.Deputy Prime ...