Councillors have come up with two proposals: to merge all seven existing councils in to one "super unitary", or to split the ...

Splitting up Surrey is the first part of a massive reorganization of English local government that looks set to soak up the ...

Southampton City Council and Eastleigh BC recognise whatever the outcome of local government reorganisation (LGR) elected ...

The unitary form of government will put power at the centre. This, as it has been in the past, will foster corruption. Let’s make the centre less attractive and bring power to the people because ...

“We’re just not visible from Norwich.” Those are the words of West Norfolk Council leader Alistair Beales, who has expressed ...

Under the plan, there would be one council each for Plymouth, Exeter, and Torbay, plus a fourth for Devon's coast and ...

The Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT), through the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), is ...

Currently Surrey works under a two tier system, meaning we have one County Council and 11 boroughs and districts, such as ...

Government has confirmed plans for local government reorganisation in Surrey, announcing that two new unitary councils will ...

Three councils in the south of Staffordshire have teamed up to put forward plans for three separate unitary authorities, in a ...

This article is based on a Feb. 2023 Womble Bond Dickinson webinar featuring WBD Partners James Love (UK) and Ryan Cagle, Fabio Marino and Karthika Perumal (U.S.). Patent owners soon will be entering ...

In the past, after prosecuting an application before the European Patent Office (EPO), the patent owner had to decide in which countries of the European Patent system to validate the European Patent.