Hampshire County Council plans to explore the creation of a local transport consortium to help set transport priorities across more than one Local... continue

CreatingLocal transport bodies (LTBs) to set transport priorities could create an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy, the Association of Directors of... continue

The Local Government Association is calling on the DfT to rethink plans to devolve local major transport scheme funding to the 38 Local Enterprise... continue

Politicians of the Leeds City Region are wrestling with how to form new governance structures to manage a proposed £1bn-plus transport fund and... continue

Andrew Forster
The DfT’s plan to devolve major transport scheme funding has generated huge interest within the transport planning and local government... continue

Transport Investment priorities in the West Midlands conurbation could be made by three separate Local Enterprise Partnerships under the DfT’s... continue

Andrew Forster
Consultation closes on 2 April on the DfT’s plan to devolve local transport major scheme funding to the 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships... continue

Local Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced a series of reforms aimed at delivering more innovative and higher quality bus services, and... continue

The DfT is being urged to rethink its plans to devolve major transport scheme funding amid claims that the proposed system will create an... continue

The election of an elected mayor of Liverpool will take place on 3 May after councillors voted in favour of the model this month. The Government has... continue

Andrew Forster
It will soon be two years since the coalition Government came to power with a localism agenda for England that entailed devolving power from the... continue

Andrew Forster
When new governments come to power, one of the things they like to do is tinker with the structure of local government. Labour did so in 1997 by... continue

Elections for elected mayors in 11 of England’s largest cities will take place on 15 November if the public votes in favour of the model in... continue

Alan Wenban-Smith, Urban & Regional Policy
Unlocking Growth in Cities is a joint production by the Departments of Business, Innovation &?Skills and Communities and Local Government, which... continue

Elected city mayors will agree bespoke deals with the Government for the devolution of transport and other powers, minister for cities Greg Clark... continue

Elected Mayors could hamper transport policy-making in England’s city regions, local authorities have warned ministers. The Government plans to... continue

The Government’s plans for elected mayors in England’s biggest cities could create confusion and friction over how  transport is... continue

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for more Transport for London-style bodies across England’s major cities. In a speech about the... continue

Since the Coalition Government came to power last year transport project promoters in England have had to get to grips with huge changes to the... continue

England’s eight biggest cities outside London and their surrounding Local Enterprise Partnership areas are drawing up bespoke lists of the... continue