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Concerns over reorganisation delay impact on devolution
POLICY AND POLITICS

Concerns over reorganisation delay impact on devolution

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

MPs have raised concerns around the impact that a delay to local government reorganisation (LGR) announced this week will have on the Government’s devolution agenda.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Healey: Fiscal devolution needed for successful cities

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

Fiscal devolution is needed to ‘transfer power and resources from Whitehall to our regions’, chan...

GOVERNMENT

Riordan named MHCLG perm sec

By Heather Jameson | 08 September 2026

Former Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan is the new permanent secretary at the Minis...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

One-way only won't work

By Benjamin Taylor | 08 September 2026

Don’t rebuild Whitehall inside mayoral authorities, says Benjamin Taylor – turn secondments into ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Deadlock over December deadline

By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is bullish on enforcing a statutory dea...

REORGANISATION

Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation

By Dan Peters | 07 September 2026

The Government has launched a review of its reorganisation programme, withdrawing decisions on fo...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution: moving power from Whitehall to local government

By Ian Miller | 07 September 2026

Local government will judge the new devolution agenda by whether it delivers genuine financial an...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution demands joined-up data to make England's new mayors accountable

By Ben Page | 03 September 2026

Mayors need joined-up data to deliver better outcomes across reorganised public services, says Be...

DEVOLUTION

You can't devolve without saving local government

By Heather Jameson | 26 August 2026

Devolution needs strong councils too, says Heather Jameson - and it is time to invest in local go...

MAYORS

Civil servants seconded to all mayoral authorities

By Martin Ford | 21 August 2026

Civil servants are to be seconded to every mayoral authority in the country, the Government has a...

DEVOLUTION

Putting dynamism into devolution: defining the challenge

By Mike Emmerich | 20 August 2026

The prize from devolution is not stronger strategic authorities for their own sake, but places ca...

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