The former First Minister, who saw Wales through a pandemic and the death of the Queen and was also the architect of the controversial default 20mph speed limit, reflects on his decades-long career an ...

It may not have attracted a great deal of attention in the mainstream press, but chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Mais Lecture to ...

A parish council © Fencewood Studio / Shutterstock.com. Parish and town councils could play a central role in making ...

Council leader Mark Arnull has previously expressed interest in a combined Northamptonshire authority A council could be moving a step closer to reaching a deal on devolution by joining with its ...

The government planned no major new initiative over the running of Northern Ireland “for some time to come”, the Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr Merlyn Rees, told a sombre gathering of MPs at ...

Martin Griffiths, leader of North Northamptonshire Council (left) and Mark Arnull, leader of West Northamptonshire Council, have spoken out against the county's exclusion Northamptonshire has been ...

The government's decision to reinstate council elections in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex has been welcomed by local politicians. Yet some council leaders have expressed anger that the U-turn ...

Kay Mason Billig accuses Steve Reed of forcing council to agree to poll delay in return for extra funding and powers What made ministers think they could delay local elections? A Norfolk council ...

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Norfolk CC leader has announced its intent to pull out of devolution and LGR following the government’s decision to reverse the cancellation of local elections. The government yesterday said it would ...

The leader of Norfolk County Council has sensationally withdrawn the authority from the government's flagship devolution process as the crisis sparked by the election U-turn deepens. Kay Mason Billig ...

The Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC), together with the Ministry of Education (MoE), has launched the process to enact a new Education Sector Devolution Bill. The ...