Devolution
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What the English Devolution White Paper means for strategic planning
Nicola Gooch looks at how the restructuring of local government will affect the planning system
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Devolution set to become default position
The proposals include new powers for mayors to guide infrastructure and development projects
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English devolution – the next chapter
Devolved powers to local authorities are key to Labour’s plans to deliver on levelling up
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Rayner signs off four new devolution deals
Greater Lincolnshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, Devon and Torbay, and Lancashire get more powers
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Former UK leaders back cross-party mayoral approach
Balls review calls for decades of “chopping and changing” on regional policy to come to an end
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The evolution of devolution
Will further devolution in England unlock regional growth or add another level of complexity?
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Fast track Levelling Up Bill to save devolution deals, urge Tory MPs
East Midlands MPs are concerned the bill may run out of time before the next general election
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Greater Manchester deal ‘a new era for English devolution’
Ministers have signed the “trailblazer” devolution deal with Greater Manchester metro mayor Andy Burnham. The deal includes more local control over regeneration, transport, skills and culture, but stops short of…
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Budget will begin ‘devolution revolution’
“Trailblazer” devolution deals worth £1bn a year will be handed to West Midlands and Greater Manchester
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Chancellor wants to end ‘begging bowl’ with greater devolution
Jeremy Hunt is studying a memo from mayor Andy Street which criticised levelling up funding
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Labour unveils plan to hand power to the regions
More economic devolution will come with 50,000 civil servants moved out of London and 300 “clusters”
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Labour plans further devolution to level up UK
English regions would be given more planning powers under Gordon Brown’s proposals