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  However Scotland votes, UK regions are eyeing up more devolved powers

  11 Sep 2014: In north-east England, they envy Scotland's ability to act, away from Westminster priorities, to deal with the post-industrial reality, writes Jon Henley

• Bill giving voters power to recall their MP 'falls scandalously short'

  11 Sep 2014:

  More than 70 MPs from all parties sign Zac Goldsmith's alternative to coalition bill, which was prompted by expenses scandal

• 'Poor but sexy is not enough': the rise and fall of Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit

  11 Sep 2014: ‘Wowi’ was a charming mayor with good hair who championed his city’s creativity but was felled by infrastructure projects and dismissing the plight of everyday people. Boris, take note
  

• Labour devolution to London: an interview with Sadiq Khan and Jules Pipe

  10 Sep 2014: The shadow minister for the capital and one of its most experienced council leaders talk about effective city government in a time of austerity and growth
  

• Labour 'planning early byelection after Jim Dobbin death to foil Ukip'

  9 Sep 2014: Party wants to kickstart process so Heywood and Middleton poll can be held on day of the Clacton vote, officials say

• Chris Black obituary

  9 Sep 2014: Other lives: Labour party activist and councillor in Bedford who was also a successful and influential sailing coach

• Scottish independence debate can pave way for more devolution in England

  7 Sep 2014:

  Devolution has spread to England with inter-city partnerships but joined-up thinking between town halls is proving difficult

• Clacton byelection to be held on David Cameron's birthday

  2 Sep 2014: Essex vote triggered by former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell's shock defection to Ukip will be held on 9 October

• London parents want local councils to have more powers over schools

  1 Sep 2014: New research finds support for boroughs having greater influence over governance concerns and the provision of extra places
  

• Tories should give Ukip free run in Clacton, MP suggests

  31 Aug 2014: Nigel Evans suggests Conservatives should not fight Douglas Carswell in next month's Clacton byelection

• Douglas Carswell: 'I stab people in the front, not the back'

  29 Aug 2014:

  Tory defector returns to his Clacton constituency with Ukip leader Nigel Farage seeking to convince voters to back him

• Ukip eight 'a figment of party's imagination' says John Redwood

  29 Aug 2014: Former Tory cabinet member dismisses claims by Ukip that eight more Tory MPs may follow Douglas Carswell and defect

• More power to London? Who could possibly disagree?

  29 Aug 2014: Cross-party political pressure for giving the capital more control over its own affairs continues to grow
  

• The Guardian view on Tory MP Douglas Carswell’s defecting to Ukip

  28 Aug 2014: Editorial: By splitting the right, and ramping up the pressure on Europe, the Clacton MP could set back the causes he champions

• From Klaus Wowereit to Hurricane Hazel: meet the longest-serving mayors

  26 Aug 2014: Today’s decision to quit by the mayor of Berlin will end a 13-year run – a long time by mayoral standards, but no match for the true heavyweights
  

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