30/06/2025

Former Tory minister Dame Amanda Milling is expected to be appointed to a new board tasked with helping ‘reset' troubled Tees Valley combined authority.

01/05/2025

Salford Council has appointed Stephen Young as the new CEO of the local authority.

10/04/2025

Essex County Council has told the Government that it cannot support the proposal for devolution in Greater Essex ‘in its current form’.

09/04/2025

Final details of integrated settlements for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands have been confirmed for 2025-26.

04/04/2025

The Government has issued Tees Valley Combined Authority with a best value notice due to concerns over governance and culture.

14/03/2025

A think tank has urged the Government to commit to doubling the mayoral capacity fund to help strengthen capacity and accountability in combined authorities.

07/02/2025

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority has now been formerly established, moving the area closer to unlocking a £400m investment fund.

06/02/2025

The new Lancashire combined county authority has officially come into being.

05/02/2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has pleaded for help from other local authorities ahead of the upcoming arrival of hundreds of Chagossians.

21/11/2024

Ministers' insistence on a directly-elected mayor is ‘fast appearing on the horizon as a major stumbling block for English devolution', expert warns.

06/11/2024

Local authority leaders met in London on Monday with the aim of creating new partnerships to help meet the Government's aim of delivering 1.5 million homes.

30/10/2024

The Government has announced the first six authorities eligible to receive single funding settlements.

28/10/2024

The East Midlands Combined County Authority has announced Amy Harhoff is to be appointed as its first permanent chief executive.

14/10/2024

Over a dozen locally led community projects in the West Midlands have shared almost £300,000 of funding to help improve the region’s environment.

09/10/2024

Mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) can help with long-standing policy challenges in public services as well as boosting economic growth, a think-tank has argued.

25/09/2024

Devolution of funding is needed so that mayoral combined authorities can take the lead in delivering energy efficiency upgrades to homes, a new report says.

12/09/2024

A housing scheme said to have significantly reduced homelessness in Finland is set to become a ‘guiding philosophy’ in Greater Manchester after a successful pilot.

12/09/2024

Regional growth initiatives are likely to ‘fall over next year' unless the Government clarifies the future of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), a combined authority chief has warned.

10/09/2024

Manchester United has joined forces with Trafford Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to maximise regeneration opportunities.

04/09/2024

Three in five (60%) city leaders have warned they will have to draw on already depleted financial reserves this year to ‘stay financially afloat.’

19/08/2024

A partnership of three Cheshire councils is said to have emerged as an ‘early candidate’ for accelerated talks on devolution with the new Government.

25/07/2024

Devolution reforms will be essential if Labour is to fulfil its mission of nationwide growth, a new report has argued.

17/07/2024

The announcement of an English Devolution Bill took centre stage in the King's Speech.

16/07/2024

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has launched a public consultation on options for two tram lines in the Leeds-Bradford area.

27/06/2024

Labour’s proposed push for a return to strategic planning will need to be ‘backed up with teeth’, an expert has suggested.

17/06/2024

The deputy leader of Birmingham City Council has been appointed as the deputy mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

13/05/2024

The next government must extend devolution to 85% of England to address an ‘incomplete patchwork of mismatched deals’, a think-tank has argued.

26/04/2024

MPs have recommended that the National Audit Office (NAO) should investigate the finances of the controversial Teesworks regeneration project.

05/03/2024

The Government has criticised the West of England Combined Authority for what it describes as ‘inconsistent action’ over flagged value for money concerns.

01/03/2024

West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the Liverpool city region will all receive level four devolved powers, local government secretary Michael Gove has announced.

30/01/2024

An inquiry into accusations of corruption relating to the Teesworks scheme has found no evidence of ‘illegality’ but ‘transparency’ concerns remain.

15/01/2024

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved an extra £600,000 to go towards the cost of hosting the 2026 European Athletics Championships (EAC).

02/01/2024

The chief executives of both Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have been recognised in the New Year Honours List.

27/11/2023

Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram was assigned 24-hour police security after he received threats during the Covid pandemic, he revealed today.

27/11/2023

Details have emerged of a bullying probe at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority that found mayor Nik Johnson breached the organisation’s code of conduct.

23/11/2023

The Lancashire devolution announcement in the Autumn Statement is ‘amazing news for county’, local authority leaders in the region have said.

21/11/2023

A new investment zone has been announced for West Yorkshire focused on life sciences.

24/10/2023

Combined authorities represent the greatest hope for devolution in England, according to a new report based on interviews with 95 former ministers and Whitehall mandarins.

22/09/2023

Local authorities need more powers, including to introduce franchising, to end a 'spiral of decline' in bus service delivery, a new report has said.

21/09/2023

Essex CC’s Conservative leader Kevin Bentley has insisted that a level two devolution deal is the ‘best option’ for the county.

08/09/2023

Members of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have approved proposals to invest more than £10m in delivering over 800 new homes in Leeds.

04/07/2023

Senior Government ministers are brokering talks between Mayor Andy Street and Warwickshire CC as the county looks at joining the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), The MJ understands.

29/06/2023

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has announced plans to create 300 apprenticeships in the region through a new Apprenticeship Hub.

14/06/2023

North of Tyne Combined Authority has agreed a £30m investment to 'breathe new life' into a former coal mining town.

08/06/2023

The Government has blocked the release of documents which would show the decision-making behind an investigation into controversial Teesside redevelopment.

18/05/2023

The West Midlands Combined Authority has announced a £2bn partnership to create warehouse facilities in the region over the next 10 years.

16/05/2023

Whitehall has signed off on a £100m investment fund for the North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) before its closure next year.

15/05/2023

Mayor Steve Rotheram has launched a consultation on bus reform in the Liverpool City Region.

25/04/2023

Competitive bidding has led to a £0.5bn gap in levelling up cash between the best and least funded combined authorities, according to new analysis.

20/03/2023

Around £70m of unspent Commonwealth Games funding is to be used to develop the West Midlands economy and boost its trade and tourism sectors.

15/03/2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in his Budget.

14/03/2023

Twelve investment zones, each backed by £80m, will be announced tomorrow as part of the effort to boost local growth and level up left behind areas.

23/02/2023

Councils’ efforts to digitalise are being hindered by a lack of funding and guidance, a new report has found.

26/01/2023

The West Midlands Combined Authority is planning to spend £15m improving some of the region’s most dilapidated and unhealthy social housing.

02/12/2022

A social enterprise in the West Midlands is set to greatly increase the number of properties it owns thanks to a £9m investment by the combined authority.

20/06/2022

A report from the centre right Onward think tank has urged the Government to step back from ‘micromanaging’ England’s cities and counties and unleash a wave of mayoral devolution.

16/06/2022

Four councils have submitted a bid to Government to create a new East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority.

18/05/2022

WMCA and L&G have today signed a partnership agreement with L&G committing to invest £4bn in regeneration, housing and levelling up across the West Midlands.

17/03/2022

Proposals for an East Midlands combined authority covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire could be put forward to the Government as part of county deal negotiations.

08/11/2021

Council and combined authority leaders have detailed plans for a ‘just transition’ to net-zero as new research revealed nine million people could be hit economically.

01/10/2021

The Government should consider devolving greater powers in housing, health, planning and education, a new report has argued today.

17/08/2021

County areas are lining up to strike one of the first tranche of devolution deals.

26/07/2021

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has become the first organisation in the UK to be awarded the RACE Equality Code.

28/01/2021

Residents of West Yorkshire have been asked to give their views on plans for a new transport network that aims to connect the region’s communities to jobs, education and opportunities.

09/11/2020

The expansion of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has stalled after leaders failed to reach an agreement.

03/11/2020

Clare Hatton explains how the West Midlands Combined Authority has made it a priority to support all young people, but especially those not in education, employment or training (NEET).

13/08/2020

Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that Liverpool City Region combined authority is the first governmental body in the world to join the wellbeing economy alliance.

29/07/2020

Lancashire CC has put forward proposals for a new combined authority and an elected mayor for the county.

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.