Downing Street has said devolution plans aim to give more powers to local leaders amid fears that scrapping district councils could deprive people of local representation. A redesign of local ...

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 ...

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.

A council leader has said he is meeting government ministers today to ask "difficult questions" about what a devolution deal could mean. On Monday, Central Bedfordshire councillors voted ...

Now, with devolution in the pipeline, there have been disagreements over what it should be called, but does it matter given that a deal could see the return of previously-used structures and names ...

“[This may] prove the opposite of devolution, taking powers away from local communities, depriving tens of millions of people of genuinely localised decision-making and representation,” said Hannah ...

Some local authorities will close under Government plans for devolution which are due to ... of genuinely localised decision making and representation District Councils Network The District ...

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Some local authorities will close under Government plans for devolution which are due to ... that could deprive the public of local representation in those areas. READ MORE: Sir Paul McCartney's ...