Local authorities are continuing to press for millions of pounds of council debt to be written off as part of plans for local government reorganisation despite the government’s insistence that there...
Six new areas are set to become mayoral strategic authorities by next May as part of plans for sweeping changes of the local government map in England.
Two Cumbrian councils have written to local government minister Jm McMahon setting out their commitment to discussions regarding the creation of a combined authority for the county.
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has pledged to “change the future of the North of England” so those living there are “no longer dictated to from Whitehall”.
Approval of a new combined authority in the East Midlands will give power over £4bn of funding and “bring lasting benefits” to the region, local leaders have said.
Mayoral combined authorities and sustainable local government funding could be critical to reducing regional inequalities, according to a report drawing on interviews with former ministers and senior...
Nobody has a better idea of what the UK’s town and city centres need than the people who live, experts have told the All Party Parliamentary Group on Devolution.
Poor understanding of the responsibilities and vision of the West of England Combined Authority is preventing the region from benefiting fully from devolution, an independent report has found.
A Labour government would devolve sweeping powers away from Whitehall in a bid to give local areas a sense of “control over their lives and community”, leader Keir Starmer has promised.
The financially restrictive devolution settlement is holding back Wales’s ability to plan for the long term, an independent commission looking at the country’s future has argued.
Two counties have been offered separate devolution deals worth more than £1bn over the next 30 years, alongside new powers over education and regional development.
