The UK Government is seeking bids from mayoral strategic authorities in England to take control of rail in their areas ...

In Shrewsbury, the lights switch-on brings thousands of people into the town for shopping and entertainment. In South Swindon ...

A controversial scheme which will see money spent in Wales while bypassing the Welsh government will not fully apply to ...

Council leaders are pressing the government to provide the full £44.6million of devolution funding before the postponed regional mayor ...

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

Devolution will be “default in our constitution” rather than “at the whim of a minister in Whitehall”, Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the reforms ...

They argue that Wessex, already made up of unitary authorities, is well placed to deliver on national priorities and drive significant ...

Cumbria has taken a major step towards greater devolution. The Government has laid a statutory instrument in Parliament to formally establish the Cumbria Combined Authority, marking the final ...

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 ...

The new combined authority will take in Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils Elections for a new mayor for the Hampshire and Solent region will take place next year, the ...

In recent years, two apparently contradictory but, in fact, complementary socio-political phenomena have reinforced each other in the European urban realm: the re-scaling of nation-states through ...

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