The devolution of "game changing" corporation tax powers cannot be allowed to flounder because of a lack of political agreement on the past, business leaders have warned. Kevin Kingston, president of ...

Giving tax raising powers to combined authorities should not be seen as a “zero sum game”, the chief executive of Leeds City Council has said. Responding to a question about fiscal devolution from LGC ...

A pointless distraction was Sinn Fein's verdict on the Conservatives' abortive attempt this week to exclude their four MPs from Westminster. It's hard to disagree with it. A pointless distraction was ...

Manchester-born economist Jim O'Neill has branded the Northern Powerhouse devolution agenda 'game-changing'. Addressing hundreds of business leaders he described how 'we are on the verge of something ...

Three local authorities are to discuss formally approaching the government on setting devolved powers in motion. Essex County Council, Southend and Thurrock councils will come together in the next few ...

Now, I might be proved wrong, but after five years of banging at the gate of Fortress Whitehall, the country’s great cities may at last be getting a response. For a stronger UK economy that is ...

Many Scots want more devolution, but think those additional powers will be achieved without independence, according to new data released by the British Election Study (BES). The findings by Professor ...

We must not waste this opportunity to transform local government. Local government in England is a closely knit patchwork. In every corner of the country, parish and town councils, principal ...

What great news it was to hear, at the Labour conference, of more devolved powers being extended across England. The potential of towns and cities in England has been held back by the Conservatives ...

Essex County Council, Southend and Thurrock councils will come together in the next few days with a view to a Westminster meeting by March. A devolution deal would create a new combined authority, ...