The government should give more powers to county councils rather than establishing assemblies in the English regions, Essex CC leader Lord Hanningfield told peers. He was speaking in a major debate on ...

Dartford and Gravesend could one day be governed by a massive south-east regional assembly stretching from Oxford to the Isle of Wight, if the… Newsletters Jobs ...

The interests of Lincolnshire would be swamped by neighbouring counties if it became part of an East Midlands regional assembly, an MP says. Douglas Hogg, the Tory member for Sleaford and North ...