1. cor.europa.eu

    As we understand, and regret, the internal political reasons why the United Kingdom failed to assure a voice to local democracy in the Joint Partnership Council, we encourage the European Commission to remedy to this by organising a structured consultation with local and regional authorities, through the European Committee of the Regions ...
  2. local.gov.uk

    Developing a new legal base for local government. There are many EU laws that affect the day job of local councils. The future review of UK laws of EU origin must be informed about their real world impact. It must lead to new legislative freedoms and flexibilities for councils so that local communities, businesses and consumers can benefit.
  3. cor.europa.eu

    The European Committee of the Regions in 2020 established a contact group for relations with representatives of UK local government and devolved administrations ... Union legislation affecting them even after the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. ... and governments. UK local-government bodies involved in the CoR-UK Contact ...
  4. britannica.com

    7 days agoUnited Kingdom - Local Gov, Devolved Regions, Councils: Each part of the United Kingdom has a distinct system of local government. (For a full account of local government in each part of the United Kingdom, see the discussions of local government in the articles on England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.) Local governments have very few legislative powers and must act within the ...
  5. Local authorities in the UK are hampered from effective action by government over-regulation and lack of freedom to raise and spend money, a key report from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities has concluded.. Monitoring how the UK respects the European Charter of Local Self Government, the Congress said local authorities are too dependent on national funding and says the system ...
  6. Jan 30, 2025In this episode we explore the vitally important role played by local and regional authorities in the Council of Europe's 46 member states, and how the organisation is helping to improve the quality of local democracy in Europe. Our guest expert is Mathieu Mori, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, who guides us through the challenges ...
  7. cor.europa.eu

    Nov 13, 2024Local and regional leaders met in Edinburgh on 11 November to discuss how to further develop the relationship between sub-national authorities in the European Union and in United Kingdom, focusing on the importance of promoting peer-to-peer exchanges, particularly through mobility of researchers and students.
  8. On the third day of the 42nd Session, on 24 March 2022, the Congress adopted its second report on the United Kingdom's application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. The report welcomes the UK's adoption of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, allowing for the introduction of directly elected mayors in some English regions.
  9. ec.europa.eu

    5 days agoCohesion policy is a complicated machine, with many levels of governance from the European to the local level passing through the national level. Such a decision-making behemoth has many moving parts, and while it is the role of experts and public officials to shape it, the people who live and work in a community are the ones standing to feel ...
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