Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has approved the Hampshire Solent bid for devolution. But what is devolution, what does it mean for the region and why have May’s county elections been postponed?

English devolution has emerged as a prominent feature of the 2015 general election campaign for a number of reasons. One is the ongoing process of devolution that has been taking place across the UK, ...

Representatives from Milton Keynes City Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Luton and Bedford BCs voted in favour of pursuing a non-mayoral deal for the South Midlands region at the South ...

Discussions have begun ahead of the biggest transformation of local government in southern England in decades. With this month's elections cancelled, attention has turned to the devolution plans for a ...

The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, but they are not equal. England alone accounts for more than 80% of the Union's population, wealth and ...

Any devolution agreement for Cheshire should only feature the name of the county, a group of Conservative councillors has proposed. It is expected that a new combined authority would be named Cheshire ...

When David Cameron met with Nicola Sturgeon to consider further devolution for Scotland, it became obvious that the Conservative party’s plans to implement the Smith Commission report would cut no ice ...

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BORIS Johnson is under fire for reportedly branding Scottish devolution a “disaster” during a conference call with northern Conservative MPs on November 16. The PM said that no more powers would be ...