VATICAN CITY — A number of synod fathers have said Pope Francis’ call on Saturday for a more decentralized Church, in which bishops’ conferences could have greater decision-making powers, most ...

Last week, the world’s most globe-spanning empire until the mid-20th century let its fate be decided by 3.6 million voters in Scotland. While Great Britain narrowly salvaged its nominal unity, the ...

English devolution has emerged as a prominent feature of the 2015 general election campaign for a number of reasons. One is the ongoing process of devolution that has been taking place across the UK, ...

Initial attempts to agree devolution plans for Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) failed to reach ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced the government’s intention to revolutionise the way local authorities pursue economic growth. At the Conservative Party Conference, Osborne ...

The next generation of medical doctors does not want to be devolved to the counties, a new survey has shown. Their biggest fear, they say, is the meddling of politicians in health affairs and most ...

Health New Zealand (HNZ) has been warned that keeping financial control is "one of the thorniest" aspects of the government's rapid push to devolution. The government blamed loss of financial control ...

Patterns of cloud adoption across the UK public sector are anecdotally far from uniform, with central government bodies notably further ahead of their local government counterparts. But with Whitehall ...