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Suffolk Green Party have entered the debate about proposals to build wind turbines to the south west of Ipswich, calling for the councillors who su...

The construction industry is falling back yet further, with figures released today showing a 9.1% decrease in construction output over the same per...

Government abandons constitutional reforms after Lib Dem leader says Conservatives have 'broken the contract'

In a shock result which rendered the previously vociferous Labour Twitterati silent last night, City Independent candidate Jackie Barnes won the Sp...

Graham Brady says 'it would be logical and sensible for both parties to be able to present separate vision to public'

It was the climax of a long and tiring campaign for all the candidates at Preston City Council’s election count on Thursday. For some it was ...

Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lose hundreds of seats while Labour makes big gains amid ongoing economic suffering

Liberal Democrat Rob Frost has been elected as a councillor for Crookes in the 2012 local elections. The results were as follows: Rob Frost, Libera...

Party regains former strongholds of Newport and Swansea and claims impressive win in Cardiff at expense of Lib Dems

Manchester narrowly voted against having a directly elected mayor last night as the Liberal Democrats were reduced to a rump of just nine out of th...

Ipswich Labour strengthened their control of Ipswich Borough Council last night, gaining four seats and seeing huge swings to Labour in a number of...

Andrew Cann has returned to the Borough Council in St Margarets, beating Tory Stephen Ion in a recount. Figures to follow.

Crosspudlians will be casting their votes today to choose a new local councillor for the Crookes ward and decide whether or not Sheffield council s...

Below is the latest post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thur...

Below is the latest post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thur...

Below is the latest post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thur...

Below is the latest post in our series of Q&As with election candidates standing to be councillors in Preston. The election takes place on Thur...

Local residents will be voting in the local council elections and mayoral referendum on Thursday 3 May. There are 28 seats up for election, which i...

THE SECOND Blackpool by-election roundup for the forthcoming political rumpus on the 3rd of May, 2012.

THIS YEAR has seen the unfortunate deaths of two well known and well liked councillors, namely Bloomfield's Mary Smith and Marton's Jim Houldsworth...

On the evening of the 19th of April 2012 I observed Cambridge City Council debate a Labour motion on the subject of regulating shared houses in the...

The nearest hydrant to the 1920s built house I live in is just ~30m away. There are hydrants every ~100m or so throughout the area. On Saturday the...

Brighton and Hove council leader Bill Randall has criticised cuts being proposed by the government to a popular and effective solar power scheme. C...

Street lighting. The Tories say Labour is switching off the lights at midnight. Labour say the Tories are switching off the lights at midnight. We&...

Two of the three MPs for Brighton and Hove have indicated that they will vote in favour of a referendum on membership of the European Union. Mike [...

Brighton Students Against Cuts are holding two events as part of their campaign against the coalition government’s higher education white paper. ...

The St Margarets by election will be fought between: Glen Chisholm – Labour Cathy French – Liberal Democrat Stephen Ion – Conserv...

Details of more cash for schools in Saddleworth have been announced by the government. Several of our local schools will be receiving part of an ex...

                Labour Councillor Harvey Crane has taken to the Ipswich Labour website to attack the idea o...

For someone who heads the biggest vocational college in the area, it is only right that Phil Frier should care about jobs. He does – and last [...]