The leaders of two Labour controlled councils have called for May's local elections to be scrapped because of Lancashire ...

The council's leader, Reform's George Finch, hit out at the suggestion of cutting Warwickshire in half Councillors in Warwickshire have decided they should form a new "super council" and become part ...

Politicians across Sussex plan to postpone local elections in May in favour of electing a mayor and replacing councils with unitary authorities. East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove councils ...

A five-council devolution plan would be best for residents, public services, and democracy, a Pendle council report has ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse launched its new parliamentary inquiry recently exploring how to fit rural into the devolution agenda.

This research comes from the TRUUD project, a research programme based at the University of Bristol, that aims to reduce non-communicable disease (such as cancers, diabetes, obesity, mental ill-health ...

The Isle of Wight must retain its own council under local government reorganisation, according to the first draft of a devolution plan. The proposal, which has been agreed by the county's council ...

Michael Kenny receives funding from the British Academy and (previously) the Economic and Social Research Council. His latest book is Fractured Union: Politics, Sovereignty and the Fight to Save the ...