The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has become law, handing elected mayors more powers over planning and housing and the ability to make development orders. The new Act, forming the ...

The government removed powers to "direct" the establishment of combined authorities from the devolution bill to ensure it ...

The NFU has secured a win after the government accepted that the new mayors it is creating must have 'rural affairs' as one ...

The English Devolution Act received Royal Assent yesterday and gives greater powers to mayors around planning, housing and ...

Act follows on from the English Devolution White Paper, which set out government agenda for devolution. The English ...

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill has received Royal Assent, enhancing local governance and community ...

A Labour MP has voiced strong opposition to his party’s proposed devolution bill, warning that its provisions could forge an "unholy alliance" between Cornwall and Devon. Perran Moon, who represents ...

The government has launched consultations on devolution proposals to establish mayoral combined authorities or mayoral combined county authorities in six English locations. The areas that have joined ...

Daniel Kenealy receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. A metropolitan area formed in 1974 covering about 500 square miles; a population of more than 2.5m; an economy bigger ...

Coverage of the debate in the House of Lords on amendments made in the House of Commons to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, on Tuesday 28 April.

The government has not set out how devolution of power and parliamentary accountability will interact, writes an honorary ...