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A balanced first step on fiscal devolution
BUDGET 2026

A balanced first step on fiscal devolution

By David Phillips | 29 October 2026

The fiscal devolution roadmap makes it clear the system will allow areas to gain financially from growth, but with guardrails in place to cap the biggest falls in funding, says David Phillips.

BUDGET 2026

Rewired Budget

By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2026

Reflecting on the Budget and the fiscal devolution roadmap, and looking ahead to the Rewiring the...

AUTUMN BUDGET

Budget 2026: High streets to benefit from greater business rates relief

By Izzy Lepone | 28 October 2026

The threshold for Small Business Rates Relief (SBRR) is being increased to £18,000 to support hig...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Budget 2026: Fiscal Devolution Roadmap published and new mayors announced

By Martin Ford | 28 October 2026

A raft of new mayors and long-awaited ‘fiscal devolution roadmap’ have been announced by the Gove...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Fiscal devo: getting the tax assignment model right for regional growth

By David Phillips | 06 October 2026

David Phillips looks at how the Government can get its tax revenue sharing plans right.

DEVOLUTION

Devolution must reach the councils that deliver

By Cllr Jason Perry | 29 September 2026

Devolution must give local authorities the powers, funding and accountability to deliver, says ex...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Public backs devolution but wants deprived areas prioritised

By William Eichler | 25 September 2026

Devolution must deliver tangible economic change for England’s left-behind towns and neighbourhoo...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Burnham 'growth in every postcode' ambition dismissed

By Neil Merrick | 22 September 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been warned against awarding groundbreaking tax powers to every r...

BUSINESS RATES

Government announces business rates review

By Martin Ford | 24 August 2026

The Government has today launched an independent review of pub and hotel business rates valuations.

REGENERATION

Tourism costs

By Ann McGauran | 12 August 2026

Bath is a tourism destination delivering an ambitious programme of commercial regeneration. But i...

FINANCE

Preparing new councils for local government reorganisation

By Nina Philippidis | 12 August 2026

Nina Philippidis looks at how councils can prepare effectively for local government reorganisatio...

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