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Mayors to share income tax by 2028
DEVOLUTION

Mayors to share income tax by 2028

By Martin Ford | 30 July 2026

Every mayor will be offered a share of income tax and business rates retention, the Government has announced.

DEVOLUTION

Devolution and reorganisation: Turning structural reform into community power

By Jon Rowney | 29 July 2026

Structures enable devolution, but community power ultimately determines lasting local public serv...

PEOPLE

Interim chief at Greater Manchester as Simpson departure confirmed

By Martin Ford | 28 July 2026

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has revealed its interim chief executive following t...

SKILLS

Local government handed role developing skills pipelines

By Martin Ford | 28 July 2026

Councils and mayors will be given a role in developing skills pipelines for local industries unde...

DEVOLUTION

Putting innovation at the heart of devo

By Kathy Nothstine | 28 July 2026

Place-based innovation funds can help Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda deliver growth, better ser...

HOUSING

Will Burnham's drive to build homes be successful?

By David Blackman | 28 July 2026

Like several Prime Ministers before him, Andy Burnham has pledged to build new homes. That will n...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Burnham to boost mayors' spending power

By Martin Ford | 27 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burham is preparing to announce a significant boost to mayors’ spending power...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making local growth happen

By David Godfrey | 23 July 2026

As Andy Burnham takes office, David Godfrey considers the further steps the Prime Minister could ...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

England still lacks the foundations to make fiscal devolution transformative

By Iain Murray | 10 July 2026

We are yet to invest in the financial, economic and commercial skills needed for fiscal devolutio...

DEVOLUTION

A Burnham-led government urgently needs to set out a timetable for devolution in all areas of England

By Ian Miller | 09 July 2026

No10 North should dispense with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government require...

EDUCATION

Reform's Braverman lauds Burnham policy

By Paul Marinko | 08 July 2026

Reform UK’s Suella Braverman has said councils have a critical role in developing regionally spec...

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