Two-council plan for county gets go-ahead

Warwickshire's six councils will be dissolved in 2028 and replaced by two new authorities.
Reuters

Fact Check: Devolution might cause delay in some UK local elections, not cancellation

UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's planned council reorganisation will likely lead to the postponement, not cancellation, of some local council elections in 2025, contrary to a claim online that ...

Devolution can't be limited to mayors, leader says

Newcastle City Council leader Colin Ferguson said greater devolution could not be limited to regional mayors [Newcastle City ...
Computer Weekly

Local council devolution: Could it accelerate the pace of local government cloud adoption?

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 ...

MPs urge Andy Burnham to give local government UNLIMITED power to raise your council tax as part of devolution plans

MPs have urged Andy Burnham to give local government unlimited power to raise council tax as part of devolution plans. An all ...

Allow councils to put up council tax by as much as they want, MPs tell Burnham

The cross-party group of MPs says local voters will decide at the ballot box whether councils provide good enough services ...
Oxford Mail on MSN

Oxfordshire could become one council under government devolution plans

Oxfordshire could be divided into one, two or three councils as local leaders will soon discuss proposals for local ...