Editing History of England (section)

===Recent changes===
In 2009, [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|new changes to local government]] were made whereby a number of new [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]] were created in areas which previously had a 'two-tier' system of [[Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|counties]] and [[Districts of England|districts]]. In five [[Non-metropolitan county|shire counties]] the functions of the county and district councils were combined into a single authority; and in two counties the powers of the county council were absorbed into a significantly reduced number of districts.

The abolition of [[regional development agency|regional development agencies]] and the creation of [[local enterprise partnership]]s were announced as part of the [[June 2010 United Kingdom budget]].<ref name="Budget June 2010">{{cite book | url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_188581.pdf | date=22 June 2010 | access-date=7 October 2010 | publisher=HM Treasury | author=Mark Hoban | title=Budget 2010 | archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121015000000/http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/%40dg/%40en/documents/digitalasset/dg_188581.pdf | archive-date=15 October 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 29 June 2010 a letter was sent from the [[Department of Communities and Local Government]] and the [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]] to local authority and business leaders, inviting proposals to replace regional development agencies in their areas by 6 September 2010.<ref name="DCLG 1626854">{{cite web | url= http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/local/localenterprisepartnerships/ | title= Local enterprise partnerships | publisher=Department of Communities and Local Government | date=29 June 2010 | access-date=7 October 2010 }}</ref>

On 7 September 2010, details were released of 56 proposals for [[local enterprise partnership]]s that had been received.<ref name="NDS 415344">{{cite news | url=http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=415344&NewsAreaID=2 | title=New Local Enterprise Partnerships criss-cross the country | publisher=Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | date=7 September 2010 | access-date=7 October 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050625/http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=415344&NewsAreaID=2 | archive-date=13 September 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/supporting-economic-growth-through-local-enterprise-partnerships-and-enterprise-zones |title=Supporting economic growth through local enterprise partnerships and enterprise zones|publisher= gov.uk| access-date= 30 April 2013}}</ref> On 6 October 2010, during the Conservative Party Conference, it was revealed that 22 had been given the provisional 'green light' to proceed and others may later be accepted with amendments.<ref name="LGC 5020212">{{cite news | url=http://www.lgcplus.com/leps-22-bald-men-fighting-over-a-comb/5020212.blog | title=LEPs: 22 bald men fighting over a comb? | publisher=Local Government Chronicle | author=Allister Hayman | date=6 October 2010 | access-date=7 October 2010 }}</ref> Twenty-four bids were announced as successful on 28 October 2010.<ref name="sub-national">{{cite web | url=http://regenandrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/10/live-blog-sub-national-economic-growth.html | title=Live blog: Sub-national economic growth white paper | date=28 October 2010 | access-date=28 October 2010 }}</ref>