Derbyshire councils are in deadlock over how to redraw the county’s local government map after the impending scrapping and ...

Derbyshire councils are in deadlock over how to redraw the county’s local government map due to the impending scrapping and merging of all its major authorities. It has become a case of ...

Shadow elections would probably be held in 2027 if Derbyshire County Council has its elections postponed. But things have not exactly got off to a harmonious start for Derbyshire's council leaders.

This would mean a county unitary with a population of over 800,000 surrounding Derby which has a population of 270,000. The city and districts have suggested a northern unitary comprised of High Peak ...

Barry Lewis, leader of the Conservative-led Derbyshire county council, calls the idea “bloody bonkers” and describes local residents as “fiercely independent Derbyshire folk”.

Shadow elections would probably be held in 2027 if Derbyshire County Council has its elections postponed. But things have not exactly got off to a harmonious start for Derbyshire's council leaders.

"It's a waste of money and doesn't make sense." That is one particularly unsentimental attitude one Derbyshire MP expressed to me about the county's current patchwork system of local government ...