A council in Essex is one of only two in England to be run purely by independent politicians.

The primary school teacher can't be a councillor because she works for a council-run school.

Labour pledges to keep libraries and family centres open after taking control from the Conservatives.

Labour's Michael Mordey is almost certain to be the next Sunderland council leader.

Tom Hunt is re-elected as council leader for Sheffield during a meeting which featured a protest.

BBC News heads to a Sheffield ward to try and find out why fewer than 20% of people turned out to vote.

The outgoing Green Party London Assembly member Siân Berry criticises how Sadiq Khan campaigned for mayor.

The re-elected Conservative Tees Valley mayor says many Tories are fighting "like rats in a sack".