The row stems from the Pride in Place programme, a UK-wide initiative which provides funding directly to local authorities. More than a dozen councils in Scotland are set to benefit from a fund of up ...

Eleven Welsh Labour politicians have accused the Labour UK government of rolling back devolution by bypassing ministers in Cardiff Bay to make decisions in Wales. A letter signed by most of the ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn says the second phase of a town rejuvenation scheme criticised by Welsh MSs will not operate in Northern Ireland [PA Media] A controversial scheme which will see ...

The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, but they are not equal. England ...

Candidates for the mayoral elections for Hampshire and the Solent have shared their frustrations at the "massively disappointing" decision to delay them by two years. The government is set to postpone ...

A minister has insisted that devolution arrangements are not being decided centrally, after opposition peers accused the government of “taking power away” from communities. During the second reading ...

Labour are "running scared" after revealing that elections for newly-created mayors will be postponed, a prominent Conservative candidate has said. Elections were due to take place for Greater Essex, ...

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