Coverage of the debate in the House of Lords on amendments made in the House of Commons to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, on Tuesday 28 April.

The housing sector has broadly welcomed the passing into law of the government’s English Devolution and Community Empowerment ...

The government removed powers to "direct" the establishment of combined authorities from the devolution bill to ensure it ...

The NFU has secured a win after the government accepted that the new mayors it is creating must have 'rural affairs' as one ...

Act follows on from the English Devolution White Paper, which set out government agenda for devolution. The English ...

The English Devolution Act received Royal Assent yesterday and gives greater powers to mayors around planning, housing and ...

The government has not set out how devolution of power and parliamentary accountability will interact, writes an honorary ...

A Labour MP has declared he is “Cornish, not English” and has urged people from his Cornwall to be “loud and proud” of their identity. Speaking to the House of Commons during a debate on the English ...

A Labour MP has voiced strong opposition to his party’s proposed devolution bill, warning that its provisions could forge an "unholy alliance" between Cornwall and Devon. Perran Moon, who represents ...

MHCLG and the Treasury are promising more powers to the devolved regions through a series of reforms. But for all the progress, regional mayors ...

The government has launched consultations on devolution proposals to establish mayoral combined authorities or mayoral combined county authorities in six English locations. The areas that have joined ...