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 ...

Dafydd Trystan Davies to meet UK Government in coming weeks to discuss issue ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

We finally know the answer to the question ‘Deal or No Deal?’ from the leaders of our regional councils in Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, Durham and Sunderland – ...

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 ...