Both Northamptonshire councils have once again been frozen out from creating a 'South Midlands' mayoral authority by some of their neighbours. The authorities could risk being isolated in a devolution ...

Cheshire West and Chester Leader Cllr Louise Gittins said increased local powers from White Hall could help the sub region address its need for social and council housing in particular.

The government is planning to test devolving some of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to regional adoption agencies (RAAs). Under the plan, the Department for Education will allocate ...

A council will consider whether to join a regional devolution programme. Cabinet members for Westmorland and Furness Council will discuss the plan at Kendal Town Hall on Thursday. If it agrees to join ...

Elections for a new mayor for the Hampshire and Solent region will take place next year, the government has confirmed. Devolution plans involve transferring powers from Westminster to English regions, ...

Devolution is a strange word, which sounds scientific and vaguely negative – almost as though it’s the opposite of “evolution”. It doesn’t seem to have much resonance with the general public, and I ...