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Let's talk about tax

By Steve Leach | 06 August 2019

Colin Copus and Steve Leach ask how we should approach the problem of how to finance English loca...

The dead hand of centralism

By Steve Leach | 24 April 2019

Central Government must give up its ‘iron grip’ on local government finances and free councils up...

Time to work together

By Dennis Reed | 14 February 2017

The Government’s combined authority and reorganisation policies clash. Steve Leach and Dennis Ree...

A dangerous path for devolution

By Dennis Reed | 07 June 2016

Steve Leach and Dennis Reed say the Government’s approach to handing powers over to councils is t...

Reorganisation makes a comeback

By Dennis Reed | 12 April 2016

Professor Steve Leach and Dennis Reed analyse the latest action on reorganisation and ask whether...

Local government on the brink

By Dennis Reed | 10 February 2016

The combined authorities initiative, hailed as ‘English devolution’ to empower local government, ...