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 ...

Peers debated the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill at committee stage on 22 June 2015. Part two of the debate can be found here.

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 ...