Return of the unitary bandwagon

By Professor Steve Leach | 13 March 2018

Evidence concludes that the case for moving from a two-tier system to a unitary model could not b...

The myth of the strong leader

By Professor Steve Leach | 26 May 2015

Despite political parties insistence on imposing strong governance, it is more sensible to let ea...

Key to the metropolitan question

By Howard Davis | 19 May 2015

Given political consensus on combined authorities, Steve Leach and Howard Davis analyse the impli...

Do political parties have a future in local government?

By Professor Steve Leach | 09 April 2015

It would be a healthy democratic development if the major parties were prepared to reconsider the...

Answering the English question

By Professor Steve Leach | 03 February 2015

Professor Steve Leach assesses the opportunity for English local government to benefit from devol...