17/06/2020

Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s chief executive has expressed doubts about whether his region would be able to cope with a second wave of coronavirus infections.

02/03/2020

District and borough councils in Leicestershire have announced they will be taking forward discussions about creating an East Midlands Combined Authority.

04/02/2020

The West Midlands has become the first region to re-define ‘affordable housing’.

04/11/2019

Only one in five with a vote at the top table in combined authorities are women, new research has found.

14/10/2019

An English devolution White Paper is planned by the Government, it has been confirmed in the Queen’s Speech.

04/10/2019

A think tank has called for local leaders to have the power to cap rents in high-cost areas.

03/10/2019

Heather Jameson talks to Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne Mayor, about the main challenges facing the combined authority, the region’s devolution deal, and putting party politics to one side.

17/09/2019

The Treasury is wasting money in its funding of local government and needs to have a more place-based focus, according to a report from the respected Institute for Government (IfG) think-tank.

05/08/2019

The first of 88 chargepoints will go live this week in what is set to be West Yorkshire’s largest electric vehicle rapid-charging network.

01/08/2019

Six mayoral combined authorities and the GLA will be responsible for the adult education budget in their areas from today, the Government has announced.

24/07/2019

Businesses in the West Midlands will breath a sigh of relief after an announcement that a planned business rate hike is unlikely to go ahead.

14/06/2019

Plans by Greater Manchester to become the UK’s 'leading green and digital city-region' have won backing from the Government in its new Local Industrial Strategy.

10/05/2019

The Government has approved the South Yorkshire devolution deal, which will see £900m invested in the region.

24/10/2018

Senior Marsham Street officials have stepped up their preparations for Brexit after complaints from frustrated councils that they were being shut out of the process.

10/07/2018

James Brokenshire is considering new models of devolution as he seeks to extend further powers to local areas, the communities secretary has insisted.

30/01/2018

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has agreed to work with a coalition of 15 housing associations to deliver up to 40,000 affordable homes.

16/01/2018

A local enterprise partnership (LEP) that had funding restrictions slapped on it by the Government has approved transparency measures that go beyond national guidance.

13/12/2017

Councils in the North East have launched a public consultation over the next stage of a devolution plan for the area.

27/11/2017

Business secretary Greg Clark has snubbed councils and empowered local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in the Government’s long-awaited Industrial Strategy.

21/11/2017

Sajid Javid has raised the possibility of ‘non-mayoral combined authorities’ in rural areas as part of a new devolution framework.

17/10/2017

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has bid for more than £200m of government investment in its Autumn Budget submission.

06/10/2017

The Government should listen to all parts of the North as Britain leaves the EU, leaders of the northern combined authorities have demanded.

29/09/2017

The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in Cambridgeshire is causing the area ‘reputational damage’ the combined authority’s mayor has warned.

26/09/2017

Whitehall should reopen the conversation about ‘meaningful’ fiscal devolution in order to help places attract sustainable investment, says report on the progress of combined authorities.

01/08/2017

Thousands of disadvantaged people are to be helped back into work under new pilot schemes being delivered by six combined authorities.

06/07/2017

There is a risk local councillors will have limited capacity for the overview and scrutiny of combined authorities, auditors have warned.

19/06/2017

Three district councils have submitted their plan for a combined authority in Oxfordshire to the Government, in response for calls for a unitary council.

26/04/2017

The new metro mayors should put digital devolution at the ‘heart of their plans’, tech industry campaigners say.

18/04/2017

Nearly all (93%) of senior positions in the new combined authorities will be appointed to white men, new research has revealed.

14/03/2017

Tees Valley Combined Authority has become the first authority outside of London to be granted the power to create locally-accountable Mayoral Development Corporations.

22/02/2017

Metro mayors should use newly-devolved criminal justice powers to cut reoffending rates, report urges.

17/02/2017

Communities minister Andrew Percy has given the go-ahead for the west of England combined authority headed by a directly-elected mayor.

15/02/2017

Calls to reignite the Leeds City Region devolution proposals submitted almost 18 months ago have been made by chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

15/02/2017

Warrington Borough Council’s executive board yesterday approved plans for a devolution deal with Cheshire.

27/01/2017

Opposition from Hampshire County Council has made it ‘highly unlikely’ the Solent combined authority deal will proceed, council leader claims.

25/01/2017

The new chair of the Urban Transport Group has welcomed the Tees Valley Combined Authority as a new associate member and is looking to expand the group further.

23/01/2017

The chief executive of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has been confirmed as the first chief executive of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

25/10/2016

Plans for a Solent Combined Authority have been approved by Isle of Wight Council, following a U-turn on local support.

13/10/2016

Portsmouth City Council has agreed to be a part of the formal application to form the Solent Combined Authority.

06/10/2016

The public have given their support for plans to form a combined authority covering the Solent area.

29/09/2016

North Lincolnshire Council is set to accept a metro mayor by signing up to a Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority (GLCA).

09/09/2016

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has put together a panel of property and infrastructure experts in a bid to ‘unlock hundreds of hectares’ of undeveloped land.

07/09/2016

The future of a devolution deal in the North East of England is in doubt after council leaders voted yesterday to reject a government deal.

24/08/2016

The West Midlands has received a multi-million pound cash boost from Whitehall in order to ‘fire up the Midlands Engine’, the communities secretary announced yesterday.

11/08/2016

Derbyshire has launched a legal challenge against the Sheffield City Region accusing it of attempting to take over services in its biggest town.

01/08/2016

Council leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed a new strategy to tackle air pollution in an attempt to prevent thousands of premature deaths.

01/07/2016

Leaders of three Hampshire councils are assessing a review outlining plans for a new combined authority.

30/06/2016

Local authorities should be given greater access to ‘flexible financing streams’ to enable them to invest in infrastructure and the skills to deliver it, a new report has said.

22/06/2016

The chair of a combined authority in the North East has announced he will be standing down after more than two years in the position.

10/06/2016

Councils in Hampshire have exchanged heated words, following disagreements on how best to change the structure of local government in the county.

08/06/2016

North Somerset Council has rejected proposals to join the £1bn West of England devolution deal.

26/05/2016

More than half of council chief executives (56%) said the fear facing financial crisis within the next year, a new survey has revealed.

18/05/2016

Councillors in the North East have moved a step closer to launching a devolved authority with an elected mayor for the region.

10/03/2016

Sandwell has become the seventh and final council in the West Midlands to sign up to a proposed new combined authority.

02/02/2016

The first-ever mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be elected on Thursday 4 May 2017, the Government announced yesterday.

27/01/2016

Stratford-on-Avon District Council has confirmed it will join the West Midlands combined authority, after voting not to become a member three months ago.

13/01/2016

Hull and East Riding councils should join to boost the region’s economy, according to commission.

06/01/2016

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire have published the draft plans for their devolution bid and declared 'now is the time to do the deal'.

21/12/2015

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has been appointed to lead the region’s combined authority following the decision by Wirral council leader Phil Davies to step down from the role.

17/11/2015

A devolution deal for the West Midlands has been agreed, which includes £1bn of Government investment and an elected mayor.

28/10/2015

The shadow West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has submitted its final plans for becoming a combined authority to the Government.

23/10/2015

The North East and the Tees Valley will both receive extra funding and powers in return for having a directly-elected mayor, under two new devolution deals confirmed today.

21/10/2015

Sandwell Council has voted in favour of joining the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

19/10/2015

Waheed Nazir outlines how devolution agreements can kick-start projects and generate income for local authorities.

14/10/2015

Solihull Council has voted in favour of joining the West Midlands Combined Authority as a constituent member.

01/10/2015

Telford & Wrekin Council is looking to become a non-constituent member of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to help establish a formal link to the Midlands engine for economic growth.

24/09/2015

How will the local and strategic highway networks be managed in the future? As new cross-county proposals are being considered, Jon Masters gets industry opinion on devolution.

17/09/2015

A devolution deal for the West Midlands could be delayed because of poor leadership, local government minister Greg Clark has warned.

28/08/2015

The North East Combined Authority is conducting a review of public transport across the region.

14/08/2015

Chief executive of Swale BC, Abdool Kara says local government would be foolish to accede to the rules of a game set behind closed doors.

27/07/2015

West Yorkshire has been given the go ahead for £55m of funding to help deliver thousands of new jobs and homes.

20/07/2015

Could a county-wide devolution deal be on the cards for Lancashire, asks leader of Blackpool Council, Cllr Simon Blackburn

17/07/2015

Each of the seven councils in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is poised to take responsibility over a different regional portfolio.

06/07/2015

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has published its plans to tackle infrastructure, economic growth and public sector reform across the region.

01/07/2015

More than one in five local authorities expect to become part of a new combined authority by 2020, according to a new report into decentralisation.

15/06/2015

Coventry City Council has ruled out holding a referendum on its decision to consider joining the West Midlands combined authority, saying it would be too expensive and difficult to organise in the timeframe available.

15/06/2015

Plaid Cymru is set to reject the proposed council mergers in Wales in favour of regional combined authorities.

15/06/2015

Max Lempriere identifies four main challenges and lessons for councils creating Combined Authorities.

20/05/2015

A pair of councils has moved a step closer to joining the West Midlands Combined Authority, as town halls leap on Osborne’s devolution vows.

15/05/2015

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has confirmed it will consult local people on introducing a directly elected mayor in exchange for extra powers from Whitehall.

06/05/2015

Planned restructuring of local government in Wales must be 'sustainable and enduring', a committee of the Welsh Assembly has warned.

18/03/2015

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed an agreement on a ‘new City Deal’ with the West Yorkshire combined authority in his Budget speech today.

13/02/2015

Plans to create a combined authority for the Tees Valley have been endorsed by local communities and businesses.

05/02/2015

A Welsh council has slammed a government vision for local government reorganisation, branding it ‘disrespectful’ and a ‘threat to local democracy’.

15/12/2014

Sheffield has secured a deal with the Government to transfer more powers over transport, housing and economic growth to the council.

12/12/2014

Ten councils are to develop plans for a combined authority in South East Wales, in a bid to change the way local government operates.

11/12/2014

Coventry’s council leader has vowed the city will never be run from Birmingham if it joins the West Midlands combined authority.

10/12/2014

Lancaster is considering proposals to set up a county-wide combined authority.

03/12/2014

Chancellor George Osborne failed to announce any further devolution deals in today’s Autumn Statement.

14/11/2014

Proposals have been launched to create a combined authority in Tees Valley designed to boost investment in the area and give it a ‘stronger voice’.

14/11/2014

Hundreds of homes across Greater Manchester will become the first in the world to trial new green technology designed to reduce energy bills.

07/11/2014

Birmingham and four Black Country council leaders have announced plans to unite as a West Midlands combined authority.

03/11/2014

Greater Manchester will be handed powers over housing, transport and planning, under an historic devolution settlement agreed upon today.

31/10/2014

Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce plans for a new mayor for Greater Manchester, as devolution rhetoric builds before the General Election.

29/10/2014

The reorganisation of local government should be ruled out for the next parliament in favour of more joint working, according to a think tank.

10/09/2014

Councillors at Denbighshire County Council have voted to explore the possibility of a voluntary merger with Conwy County Borough Council.

15/08/2014

Businesses in Buckinghamshire have crowdfunded £25,000 to pay for an independent review of local government in the county.

13/08/2014

The leader of Hull City Council has denied a land grab as a review looks at merging it with a neighbour against its wishes.

11/04/2014

The Liverpool City Region has been awarded £23m from the government’s Regional Growth Fund.

27/03/2014

The UK’s largest cities could fail to deliver on financial expectations if they are not granted greater powers, a report claims.