Mark Arnull, Reform UK leader of West Northamptonshire Council, said he was "deeply disappointed" by the government's proposed arrangements, "which leaves Northamptonshire very much in the cold". The ...

Norfolk CC leader has announced its intent to pull out of devolution and LGR following the government's decision to reverse ...

The former ‘Minister for Merseyside’ is seen as one of the founding fathers of English devolution but the 92-year-old lacks confidence that a more decentralised society is around the corner, declaring ...

Skills and training opportunities for adults across Surrey are set to have greater local oversight and control as part of wider efforts to grow the regional economy. Surrey County Council’s ...

Over the past twenty years, I’ve had the chance to observe a remarkable experiment in urban governance reform: England’s efforts to devolve more power to local decisionmakers through metro mayors, ...

Patterns of cloud adoption across the UK public sector are anecdotally far from uniform, with central government bodies notably further ahead of their local government counterparts. But with Whitehall ...

A proposal to spend £100,000 a year supporting North Yorkshire’s town and parish councils to take on additional ...

In May 2026, two UK nations—Scotland and Wales—face general elections in their devolved assemblies. These elections, together with local elections across England (including in London), raise the ...

Potential investors would be right to question the value of courting us as a serious country, writes Jonathan Werran, chief executive of Localis.