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Devolution Bill attacked by peers
DEVOLUTION

Devolution Bill attacked by peers

By Joe Lepper | 09 December 2025

The Government’s devolution agenda risks ‘leaving communities without a meaningful voice’, Local Government Association vice president Baroness Scott has warned.

FINANCE

Budget: The effects on combined and strategic authorities

By Tiffany Cloynes | 05 December 2025

Tiffany Cloynes looks at at the financial implications of the Budget for combined authorities and...

DEVOLUTION

Future Forum North: Time for mayors to deliver

By Martin Ford | 05 December 2025

Now is the time for mayors to deliver, the newly-appointed envoy for the Northern Growth Corridor...

PROCUREMENT

Future Forum North: Councils urged to take 'grown up' approach to partnership boundaries

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2025

Councils have been urged to take a ‘grown up’ approach and ‘lean into’ the boundaries that work f...

DEVOLUTION

Future Forum North: Devolution is here to stay

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2025

Devolution ‘can feel like a marriage with no prospect of divorce’ but is ‘here to stay’, the pres...

DEVOLUTION

Calls to refund costs of postponed elections

By Martin Ford | 04 December 2025

Calls have been made to reimburse councils for money spent preparing for postponed mayoral electi...

MAYORS

Mayor bemoans 'wasted' eight years

By Martin Ford | 03 December 2025

West of England mayor Helen Godwin has said the region has been held back by her predecessors in ...

REORGANISATION

Doing devo digitally

By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025

Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Top table call for IT leads

By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025

Council IT leads need a ‘seat at the top table’ to ensure local government reorganisation is not ...

BUDGET 2025

Responsibility without autonomy

By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 December 2025

Despite the Government’s promises of devolution, the Budget treated councils as mere delivery age...

DEVOLUTION

Kent in 'devolution desert' warning

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2025

All 14 of Kent’s council leaders have warned ministers of the risk of the county becoming a ‘devo...

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up to £123K

As the Deputy Director of Education and Inclusion, your leadership will foster collaboration among Education Leaders and Partners. Apply for this job

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Are you ready to lead transformation and shape the future of a thriving district? Apply for this job

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