A combined authority for Cheshire and Warrington has formally come into force, in what has been described by local leaders as ...

Over the past twenty years, I’ve had the chance to observe a remarkable experiment in urban governance reform: England’s efforts to devolve more power to local decisionmakers through metro mayors, ...

The Tories have rattled around this cavernous old railway terminal in Manchester - the conference apparently not the hottest ticket in town. As a difficult Senedd election looms down the tracks, some ...

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 ...