The clearest of Andy Burnham’s proposed policies is introducing greater levels of devolution – the handing over of more power ...

Devolution of economic powers has the potential to unlock stronger growth but there is nothing inevitable about its success. It will stand or fall on its execution, the incentives it creates and the ...

Millions of voters will head to the polls on 7 May, for local elections in England and national parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales. The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, ...

Claims that the Welsh government has begun negotiations with Westminster over devolving rail in the future have been disputed ...

Could devolution boost UK growth, or would it widen regional divides? We ask what shifting power from Westminster would ...

Andy Burnham says this devolution will create “a new sense of agency, possibility and hope”. He will find enthusiastic ...

But if Burnham wants to turbocharge his ambitions by prioritising fiscal devolution – specifically giving tax-raising powers to local government – he must do more than choose the right chancellor. He ...

In his first speech as prime minister in waiting, Andy Burnham promised he would achieve “good growth in every postcode” and spearhead the “biggest rebalancing of power” in political history. Keir ...

Would-be prime minister has made basic missteps in pitches to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ...

The UK Government is seeking to devolve rail powers to mayoral regions in England while steadfastly rejecting calls for rail infrastructure to be devolved to Wales. Following the English Devolution ...

Patterns of cloud adoption across the UK public sector are anecdotally far from uniform, with central government bodies notably further ahead of their local government counterparts. But with Whitehall ...