I have always favoured unitary authorities – provided they are the right unitaries, of course. It is disheartening, though unsurprising, to see Labour reforming English local government in a way that ...

Coverage of the first day of debate in the House of Lords on the report stage of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, on Tuesday 24 March.

Coverage of the debate in the House of Lords on the second reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, on Monday 8 December.

The government’s White Paper on devolution within England proposes unitary local authorities with a minimum population of 500,000, as discussed in part one of this article. The other significant ...