Angela Rayner has pledged a “devolution by default” approach to local government, promising to hand down sweeping transport, housing and infrastructure powers to local mayors and councils. The plans – ...

A special meeting of Brighton and Hove’s cabinet will ask councillors to back the city council taking part in a devolution priority programme. Proposals going before the special meeting on ...

Figure therefore joins Agility Robotics’ robot, Digit, as two of the only humanoid robotics companies on the planet to be putting their robots to work in paying clients’ warehouses and factories.

Thanks to devolution brought in by the last Labour government, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have elected parliaments or assemblies of their own. England does not. What is more ...

Labour’s new devolution plans promise to “transfer power out of Westminster,” but don’t be fooled – this isn’t about empowering communities. Instead of genuine decentralisation ...

He said that 13 years after the onset of devolution, the detractors have been proven wrong. The Deputy President spoke at the 11th National and County Governments Coordinating Summit meeting held ...

others feared larger towns such as Grimsby, 65 miles (104 km) away, would attract more attention. Whether devolution leads to a revolution in the way we are governed will begin to emerge in 2025.

In Eastern China, police are now patrolling the streets with a rolling robot that can chase down suspects — and, they say, beat them in a fight. Named the "Rotunbot" or "RT-G" for short ...

All those areas of the country covered by two tiers of local authorities will be asked to present merger proposals Angela Rayner will promise to make devolution the “default setting” for ...

The UK Government has said devolution will give regions a bigger voice, unlock economic growth and help build 1.5m homes across England. The Labour leader of Brighton & Hove City Council ...

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 ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is set to announce "devolution by default" plans to give regions more power on Monday (December 16). The plans intend to put the regions first amid government ...