Sarah Routley
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Mayoral and local elections 2025: The government should hold its course on devolution despite the rise of Reform
Labour will need to learn to work with local political leaders from opposition parties.
Mayor of the West of England
On 1 May 2025 voters in the West of England elected the region's new mayor..
Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire
On 1 May 2025, voters in Hull and East Yorkshire elected the region’s first mayor.
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
On 1 May 2025, voters in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough elected the region’s new mayor.
Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire
On 1 May 2025, voters in Greater Lincolnshire elected the region’s first mayor.
Local and mayoral elections 2025
On Thursday, 1 May 2025, local and mayoral elections took place in many parts of England.
Councils’ divisions over local government reorganisation show need for local leadership
Local government reorganisation has revealed deep disagreements in many places across England.
How can areas successfully reorganise local government and implement devolution at the same time?
How local leaders and central government can navigate the challenges of 'dual delivery'.
Local government unitarisation
Unitarisation is a type of local government reorganisation that replaces separate county and district councils with a single tier of local authorities
Nine things we learned from the English devolution white paper
What the white paper does and does not contain, and what challenges lie ahead for the government.