Two councils in West Sussex and Surrey are due to decide on a proposal to form a combined unitary authority as part of the Local Government Reform plans. Crawley Borough Council and Reigate ...

This post builds adapts and expands material from my 2018 piece and explains why unitary executive theory cannot be accepted in a world where the federal government wields vastly greater power ...

America’s slide from divided government to today ... fully implement the unitary executive theory, or to try and cabin it before its logical ends result in a form of autocracy.

the unitary executive theory is a form of invented history, a modern creation that threatens to change and, in important ways, to undermine the operations of the national government. The theory of ...

The so-called "unitary executive theory" has various iterations but centers on the idea that the Constitution gives the president sole control over the executive branch of government. Its ...

NEW DELHI: The CPI(M) accused the BJP-led NDA dispensation of moving towards "unitary form of government" by eroding special category status given to northeastern states in violation with the ...

Three councils will discuss the possibility of forming a new unitary authority covering ... Councils have proposed they form a new authority, ahead of the government asking for plans for ...

The unitary form of government will put power at the centre. This, as it has been in the past, will foster corruption. Let’s make the centre less attractive and bring power to the people because ...

This development has led some political thinkers to speculate that the nation is on the verge of embracing a unitary system akin to the presidential form of government. They suggest that the Modi ...