Leicestershire CC is seeking legal advice to oppose the expansion of Leicester City Council through local government reorganisation. Following a two-hour debate at an extraordinary full council ...

The mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, speaks to LGC acting editor Martin George about American perspectives on England's devolution ...

Lancashire CCA remains unable to decide whether to adopt a mayor despite the government's renewed push for mayoral devolution. Constituent members are ...

Four mayoral strategic authorities are set to be granted established status under new devolution plans announced by the Cabinet Office. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CA, East Midlands CCA, West of ...

Today prime minister Andy Burnham set out more details for further devolution in England. The Cabinet Office statement Rewiring the state is the first policy paper that unveils how the former mayor ...

A Reform-led county is looking at whether it could “release into the market” some of its wholly owned companies rather than let its successor councils ...

The Greater Manchester mayoral race has gone to a second round between Labour and Reform after no one secured more than half of first preference votes. Manchester City Council leader Bev Craig (Lab) ...

Labour’s Bev Craig has won the Manchester mayoral election with 66% of the vote after second preference votes were counted. She was up against Reform’s Sian Astley, who got 34% of the vote in the ...

Devon CC has become the latest authority to begin legal proceedings against the government’s decision on local government reorganisation. The county issued a pre-action protocol letter to the Ministry ...

Leaders have urged prime minister Andy Burnham to accelerate the rollout of mayoral devolution after he pledged to "rewire ...

The National Association of Waste Disposal Officers (NAWDO) is calling for central government action after several councils have reported problems with fridge and freezer recycling. The organisation ...

Ofsted has brought the first successful prosecution of its type against a company for operating unregistered children's homes ...