A deal which would see a raft of powers handed down from the Government to our area is currently under negotiation. In the second instalment in our five-part series about what devolution would mean ...

BIG city regions in the north are being tooled up with new devolved powers to help drive George Osborne's vision of a Northern Powerhouse. But with a key rail project shelved, can devolution alone ...

Representatives from Milton Keynes City Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Luton and Bedford BCs voted in favour of pursuing a non-mayoral deal for the South Midlands region at the South ...

One of the Labour party’s manifesto pledges was to “widen and deepen” devolution and December’s white paper set out how the government planned to do so. Last month the government decided which six ...

The plans under the Cities Devolution Bill will help to implement the vision of a so-called northern powerhouse that Mr Osborne has previously outlined as a way to rebalance the UK economy. Manchester ...

Discussions have begun ahead of the biggest transformation of local government in southern England in decades. With this month's elections cancelled, attention has turned to the devolution plans for a ...

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25 years ago today Wales returned its first assembly members - almost two years after the people of Wales narrowly voted 'yes' to devolution Some powers were passed from Westminster to the National ...

The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, but they are not equal. England alone accounts for more than 80% of the Union's population, wealth and ...

AMs debated a series of substantial changes they want to see made to the draft UK Government text which sets out the future of Welsh devolution ...

"People must have more direct power over the areas in which they live," the prime minister declared in his introduction to the Queen's Speech. His chancellor is promising a "devolution revolution" for ...