An application to create a new joint mayoral authority for Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight is due to be submitted later. On Thursday, members of the island council's ruling ...

A plan for devolution in Oxfordshire will be submitted to government after the county council's cabinet agreed on proposals. It will say that a new mayor for the region should cover Berkshire, ...

Opposition parties have raised fears about devolution plans, following a split between the councils over the area. Both North and West Northamptonshire councils voted to go forward with a combined ...

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A council will consider whether to join a regional devolution programme. Cabinet members for Westmorland and Furness Council will discuss the plan at Kendal Town Hall on Thursday. If it agrees to join ...

NORTH Yorkshire could be split in two by a devolution plan that risks leaving rural areas behind, according to a council leader. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get ...

AN intense debate is currently under way between the federal and provincial governments about the future of devolution in Pakistan. A federal, inter-provincial committee is exploring the option of ...

BACK in 2000, when the then government embarked upon its province-to-district decentralisation plan, a wide range of enabling factors were readily available. Several diagnostic studies exploring the ...

Devolution is happening – that’s the message from Hampshire County Council’s boss as it agrees to forge ahead with huge plans which would transform local government. In a “historic” council meeting, ...

Cornwall should be treated more like a separate British nation than a county, with its own parliament and sweeping new powers to control its own destiny and distinct culture, according to a new ...

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Several problems impeding the devolution process were identified at a meeting of the Good Governance Group which resolved to strengthen it as it was seen as a most crucial and fundamental attempt at ...