A row has erupted after Norfolk county councillors suggested district council leaders are plotting to spend and borrow ...

The UK and Spain aren’t covered by the Unitary Patent System, which impacts filing strategy. A Unitary Patent gives added options and isn’t a replacement route for European or national patents.

One such unitary authority is Medway Council in the north of Kent, the large county that stretches from the capital, London, ...

The UK government decided against splitting the power market into several price zones, for now ending a debate that’s rumbled ...

East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) will next week consider a major proposal to simplify local government across Hampshire ...

Even though a year has passed, the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) regime, launched on 1 June 2023, remains new and its long-term potential is unclear. Philip Horler When a ...

A new way of running local government is going to be trialled in select parts of Surrey, with three areas chosen to pilot ...

District council leaders have said they are "united" against the idea of having one unitary local council for Suffolk. Suffolk County Council has officially published, external its interim plans ...

The United Kingdom has not been involved the development of the UP policy despite the fact that EU constitutional experts have called for the United Kingdom to be involved, as a non-EU member state, ...

Derbyshire County Council’s new Reform administration has been urged to agree in principle to opt for a new two-layer unitary ...

The new leader of the Conservative opposition on the district council, Mark Deaville, was part of the sub-committee working on the plan to submit to the government.

The unitary model would see each new authority take responsibility for all council services in its area, from waste collection to social care.