Five councils in Hampshire and Dorset have submitted applications this week asking to be part of a devolution deal. But what does it mean for the people who live in the area? It is the biggest change ...

AMs mark 20 years since the first sitting of the assembly on 6th May 1999. Plenary begins at 1.30pm with Questions to the First Minister Statement: The Fair Work Commission's Report Debate: Tackling ...

Discussions have begun ahead of the biggest transformation of local government in southern England in decades. With this month's elections cancelled, attention has turned to the devolution plans for a ...

‘We want more powers’, council leaders across Devon have told the Government, as part of a ‘devolution deal’ for Devon. Devon County Council leader, Cllr John Hart, has written to the Local Government ...

The government’s plans for devolution could turn the South West into the wild west as local authorities seek to make “power bids” for various parts of Devon, one councillor has claimed. Cllr George ...

Northamptonshire has missed out on being part of the Government's fast-track devolution programme, after disagreements between local councils on where the combined authority boundaries should be.

Northants' two councils have stormed ahead with the decision to pursue a South Midlands combined authority, despite concerns that other partners would prefer to leave them behind from their devolution ...

The final item today is an address by the First Minister Mark Drakeford to mark the twentieth anniversary of devolution. Mark Drakeford says "it's easy to forget how rocky the assembly's start was", ...