Portsmouth City Council was one of four authorities to put in a "Hampshire and the Solent" devolution bid Five councils in Hampshire and Dorset have submitted applications this week asking to be part ...

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 ...

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 ...

25 years ago today Wales returned its first assembly members - almost two years after the people of Wales narrowly voted 'yes' to devolution Some powers were passed from Westminster to the National ...

Angela Rayner writing to council leaders without devolved responsibilities to offer chance for greater autonomy Local authorities in “devolution deserts” are being invited to join forces to take on ...

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 ...