Jim McMahon said Hampshire and the Solent would see investment and change after devolution The government minister promoting devolution for Hampshire and the Solent has met with local officials from ...

Broadening and deepening English devolution may well be signature policies of an upcoming government led by Andy Burnham, but how will he handle the politics of an increasingly fractured UK? All of ...

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Politicians in Sussex have voiced mixed views over plans to merge councils and move towards elected mayors, with one leader calling it "a death knell for local democracy". Deputy Prime Minster Angela ...

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Despite promises to streamline, the Civil Service has only grown and grown. Burnham's devolution will make it worse, says ...