Fees to get married in Wolverhampton are to rise this year because of council cuts – as the number of civil weddings has increased.

Voluntary redundancy is to be again offered to council staff in Wolverhampton under the latest cost-cutting plans at the authority, it was revealed today.

Another 200 jobs will go at Wolverhampton City Council next year as further cuts in public spending bite, it was revealed today.

Local government editor DANIEL WAINWRIGHT rounds up the week in the corridors of power

A team of workers at Wolverhampton Council are being forced to reapply for their own jobs – and have been issued with leaflets advising them how to prepare for their interviews.

Labour today moved to seize back control of Wolverhampton City Council from the Tory-Lib Dem coalition.

Councils in the Black Country could merge their departments to save money, it can be revealed today.

Every councillor in Wolverhampton will get a pay cut – to allow the top earners to keep their special allowances, under plans revealed today.

A council in the West Midlands was today named as one of the worst in the country for the amount it spent sending workers on foreign trips – including trampolining championships in Quebec.

No completion date or cost was requested by Wolverhampton City Council for the creation of the city’s showpiece fountain, a damning investigation has revealed.