Time to work together

By Dennis Reed | 14 February 2017

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

Unification or elected mayor – the future of devolution

By Dennis Reed | 16 November 2016

Why have successive governments pushed for unitary authorities and elected mayors and what does S...

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, ...