The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, which work alongside the Westminster Parliament. There are ...

Under government plans, town councils may not automatically be recognised as the primary local governance bodies.

A council voted to move ahead with a new devolution deal in what was described as "a major step forward" for giving the area greater independence North Northamptonshire Council unanimously voted to ...

GOVERNMENT FUNDING for Dorset will continue to be unfair because of Government policy – according to council leader Nick Ireland. He claims the county could be £300million a year better off, almost ...

Westmorland and Furness Council's leader Jonathan Brook said Cumbria "must have a seat alongside other areas of the North" [BBC] A council has said it would be "minded to" establishing a new ...

Metro mayors are the poster boys for devolution, but councils have a vital but often unappreciated role in combined ...

Who’s heard of the Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority? If you have, do you know what it actually does? It’s all part ...

Burnley’s five political group leaders have written to cabinet minister Steve Reed urging him to choose a post-Lancashire ...