In the wake of chancellor George Osborne's announcement this week of a ground - breaking set of devolved powers for Greater Manchester, LGC interviewed political leaders at half of the 10 councils that make up the city region's combined authority about the negotiations leading up to the deal and its implications for local government. (lgcplus.com)
Speaking in Edinburgh today, Mr Salmond was typically defiant as he called on Westminster politicians to honour their promises of more devolved powers for Scotland. (dailymail.co.uk)
The Sheffield city region review into the case for establishing their combined authority explicitly stated, for instance, that the major rationale was to give legal effect to existing informal collaboration, enabling local authority leaders «to obtain more devolved powers from government and additional funding streams». (theguardian.com)