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REGENERATION
Regeneration: Developing devolution
By David Blackman | 13 May 2026
UK plans for fiscal devolution, announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves, could significantly reshape how city regions fund transport and regeneration projects. Inspired by examples like Dunkirk, wher...
LEADERSHIP
Committed to communities
By Heather Jameson | 13 May 2026
Sophie Broadfield, chief executive of Bath and North East Somerset Council, talks to Heather Jame...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Roll out fiscal devo across nations
By Laura Hughes | 06 May 2026
As the All-Party Parliamentary Group on local government launches an inquiry into fiscal devoluti...
LEADERSHIP
Maximising the power of partnership and investment in the East Midlands
By Ann McGauran | 24 March 2026
A year into her role as the first permanent chief of EMCCA, Amy Harhoff is eying the prize of a s...
FINANCE
Reeves' dive into fiscal devo may not get to councils
By Heather Jameson | 17 March 2026
In the run up to this week’s Mais lecture, it looked like more of the same. Another keynote fisca...
FUTURE FORUM
Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place
By Martin Ford | 12 March 2026
Councils should seize the opportunity presented by ministers’ renewed interest in Total Place, ac...
FINANCE
Many district councils will see a cash cut
By James Hood | 16 February 2026
On average district councils face real terms funding reductions at a time of rising demand, and ...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Moving from place-based budget pilots to mainstream practice
By Dr Simon Kaye | 16 December 2025
The Treasury must back real place-based budgets – not just another Red Book annex, warns Dr Simon...
FINANCE
A taxing dilemma
By Paul Marinko | 27 August 2025
Councils calling for council tax reform should be careful what they wish for, writes Paul Marinko
INVESTMENT
Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment
By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025
Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...
REORGANISATION
Three years left to live?
By Dan Peters | 02 June 2025
Reorganisation proposals for Surrey have sparked divisions, even between councils with the same p...
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