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DEVOLUTION
The devolution scrutiny challenge
By Joe Lepper | 11 November 2026
As mayoral strategic authorities take on new powers and their number is set to grow, is audit and scrutiny robust enough to keep pace and should MPs be involved? Joe Lepper reports.
CENTRE FOR CITIES
The destination of devolution is growth
By Andrew Carter | 10 November 2026
Whether the fiscal devolution roadmap delivers growth is still to be decided and the Government n...
HEALTH
Impact of ICB cuts leads councils to moot legal challenge
By Paul Marinko | 06 November 2026
Councils have been warned they may need to test the legalities of Integrated Care Board (ICBs) cu...
REWIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Grasping a once in a lifetime opportunity for councils
By Anna Randle | 04 November 2026
As well as making the case for the role local government can play in a rewired state, the sector ...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fiscal devolution: Significant steps away from the centre
By Marcus Johns | 03 November 2026
Marcus Johns sets out the three key features of the Budget’s fiscal devolution roadmap and says t...
DEVOLUTION
Local government reorganisation and devolution: Where is the Government's bigger picture?
By Pete Robbins | 02 November 2026
Fiscal levers, strategic geographies and simpler local structures are a genuine piece of the jigs...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Levelling out uneven social care provision
By Rosie Fogden | 29 October 2026
Fixing the postcode penalty for social care is key if growth is to reach all places, say Ben Fran...
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...
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...
BUDGETS
Budget 2026: Healey's first Budget delivers fiscal devo vision
By Heather Jameson | 28 October 2026
Chancellor John Healey has launched his first Budget, promising to ease pressure on families and ...
DEVOLUTION
Why devolution needs locality
By Julia Smith | 22 October 2026
Julia Smith says Blaby DC sees every day the value of working closely with local people, and the ...
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