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 ...

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in the Budget on Wednesday that the North of Tyne devolution deal, worth an initial £600m and months in the planning, will be officially launched this week. It is a ...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet," wrote William Shakespeare. But names - especially place names - can be a point of contention for many. Take ...

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Most conspiracy theories start with existing concepts or events, then take elements of them into fantastical directions. This way, the people who create and believe these theories can use the real ...

Calls have been made to extend a public vote on devolution across the North East by political minnows. The North East Party, was formed in June 2014 and campaigns on a better deal for the region, ...

Hampshire County Council is sitting to discuss and decide on the English Devolution White Paper The paper, proposed by the Labour government, proposes a merger of district and county councils across ...

The government has refused to back devolution plans for Yorkshire. Eighteen council leaders across the region - including Hull's Steve Brady and East Riding's Stephen Parnaby - had united behind the ...

‘We want more powers’, council leaders across Devon have told the Government, as part of a ‘devolution deal’ for Devon. Devon County Council leader, Cllr John Hart, has written to the Local Government ...

The government’s plans for devolution could turn the South West into the wild west as local authorities seek to make “power bids” for various parts of Devon, one councillor has claimed. Cllr George ...

Five councils in Hampshire and Dorset have submitted applications this week asking to be part of a devolution deal. But what does it mean for the people who live in the area? It is the biggest change ...