Residents in Queen's Park will have the chance to decide whether to establish the first parish council in London for more than 50 years.
About 8,000 residents are expected to participate in a referendum, due in May, following a vote by Westminster City Council.
JK Rowling’s first novel aimed at adults will be a "blackly comic" tale of parish council politics that at first glance could not be further from the magical world of Hogwarts, her publisher has revealed.
Local (parish and town) councils are being asked by the Ordnance Survey to submit ideas that could improve the quality of life in their local areas and win £115,000.
Nottinghamshire’s Langold and Carlton have £1m to spend on improving their communities thanks to the National Lottery.
As millions of bus users in market towns and rural villages are hit hard by bus cuts, what can local (parish and town) councils do to help relieve the impact?
The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) is to hold three conferences in 2012 showing how local (parish and town) councils can be even more connected to communities.
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