LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 21: Labour Party leader and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer () stands with London Mayor Sadiq Khan at a reception for London Labour ahead of the Labour Party ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a new devolution deal for Greater Lincolnshire in his Autumn Statement. It means the region, which also includes North and North East Lincolnshire, would get its ...

Much detailed thinking is still required but there is plenty to applaud in the government’s proposals to give greater powers to local authorities Radical changes to the structure of local government ...

Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister and still the darling of her party, is a restless woman. Having only last week launched a set of radical reforms to England’s planning rules, she is now announcing ...

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Detailed discussions with the government on possible devolution for three councils in Cheshire and Warrington are expected to begin by the end of September. Nick Mannion (Lab), the leader of Cheshire ...

The UK Government has been accused of ditching “Pride in Place” for a “know-your-place” attitude and treating Wales with ...

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While Labour’s devolution plans alone won’t pull in the votes, giving the public a bit more of a say over what happens in their neighbourhoods can only be a good thing, Jessica Frank-Keyes writes Rows ...

Angela Rayner will promise to make devolution the “default setting” for councils across the country after senior Government figures warned they could overrule local authorities’ objections to push ...

The milestones a new government passes – its first 100 days and now its chancellor’s first Budget – give us an opportunity to compare the progress it is making with that of its predecessors. A new ...