The workforce needed to deliver the planned expansion of devolution across England is not “prepped and ready to go,” a strategic authority chief executive has warned.
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Regional mayors have called for increased powers to make decision directly so they can deliver their mandates in the face of opposition from councils.
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Worcestershire leaders are united on wanting local government reorganisation unpaused, but the wording of a joint letter to the communities secretary Angela Rayner has reignited debate… [more...]
At least 1,720 people, including 51 children, died while homeless in the UK in 2025, a 6.8% rise on the previous year, according to research by… [more...]
Humberside's Police and Crime Commissioner and his deputy have urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham to rethink devolution in the region and create a Humber-wide combined authority.
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