The Queen’s Speech has delivered on the UK government’s pledge of early legislation to enact the fiscal devolution proposed by the Smith Commission, but gives no indication that David...
Today’s confirmation of a City Devolution Bill should be the starting point for devolution go both further and wider across the country. The government should set out a roadmap to turn devolution...
The Smith Commission plans for further fiscal devolution, due for implementation in legislation to be outlined in tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech, could leave Scotland in a worse economic state...
George Osborne has been warned that making elected mayors a precondition for city devolution presents an ‘impossibly high hurdle’ in some areas and could even derail his Northern Powerhouse plans.
The Local Government Association has called on government to give councils two years to form into groups or combined authorities for devolution from Whitehall. But it said ministers should not impose...
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire county councils are to form a groundbreaking alliance to seek devolved powers to boost economic growth.
Jim O’Neill, the leading economist who has called for a major programme of devolution to the UK’s cities to boost economic growth, has been named as a Treasury minister in David Cameron’s government...
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans for a process of devolution to cities across England, but will insist on the creation of elected mayors before Whitehall hands powers to councils.
Ten of the UK’s largest cities have today launched a ‘devolution declaration’ setting out demands for the new government to deliver on city devolution.
Scotland could become one of the world’s five richest nations over the next quarter century if it gains full fiscal autonomy, according to a report from a pro-independence business-led think...
Councils want the momentum towards devolution to be maintained after the election. But there are risks attached to handling the bigger budgets involved
Andy Burnham has indicated he may halt plans to devolve £6bn of NHS spending to Greater Manchester if Labour is in power after the general election, saying has ‘real misgivings’...
Scotland’s public finances are set to remain in deficit until the end of the decade, meaning ‘full fiscal autonomy’ for Holyrood could lead to additional tax rises or spending cuts...
David Cameron has today pledged that a Conservative government elected next month would conduct an annual review of Scottish Government policies to ensure no area of the UK loses out as a result of...
The Scottish government’s newly devolved fiscal powers expose it to a whole ‘new world’ of risk and responsibility, Scotland’s auditor general has warned ministers.
The next government should establish unitary councils in current two-tier areas of England as part of measures to create the structures needed for devolution from Whitehall, parish councils have said.
Promises from political parties to devolve power to local areas could double the turnout among young people in next month’s general election, a poll published by the Local Government...
County councils have today warned there are signs of a possible slowdown in economic growth that must be tackled through devolution of powers to boost productivity.
The chair of public services at the RSA talks to Public Finance about the need for devolution to boost public services and how to drive more powers to cities across the country
A deal to devolve £6bn of NHS funding to Greater Manchester’s combined authority has been sealed, with the groundbreaking pact set to devolve all health spending in an effort to improve...
The Greater Manchester combined authority is to be given complete control over all health spending in the city region in a groundbreaking devolution deal to be announced later this week.
The recent Stormont House Agreement appears to promise Northern Ireland another £2bn in additional funding. But a careful look at the detail tells a rather different story.
Holyrood is set to retain all income tax raised in Scotland under cross-party plans for further devolution of fiscal powers to Edinburgh following the no vote in September’s independence...
