A new combined authority is set to cover the three council areas Councillors in parts of Cheshire will be asked to sign-off on plans to set up a combined authority for the county and pave the way for ...

Last week, the world’s most globe-spanning empire until the mid-20th century let its fate be decided by 3.6 million voters in Scotland. While Great Britain narrowly salvaged its nominal unity, the ...

The three councils in Cheshire have asked the government for a devolution deal which would include an elected mayor. Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington Councils have written to ...

It is the biggest change to local government in a generation. It would see the creation of a new super authority that takes power and money from Westminster. Alongside the combined authority, there is ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a visiting professor in practice at the London School of Economics and was a member of RSA’s UK ...