Articles by Cllr Nick Forbes
Core Cities' offer is not just a housing opportunity
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 13 October 2021
Core Cities UK's offer to the UK Government to increase annual housing delivery up to a total of ...
Cities can bring economic and policy substance to the levelling up agenda
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 17 August 2021
A report from the OECD underlines that Core Cities still do not contribute their full potential t...
Cities are not mere delivery agents for nations
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 22 June 2021
All the global cities at the first 'G7 U7' summit were on the frontline during the pandemic, says...
Cities are core to driving post-COVID recovery
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 27 April 2021
Core Cities is planning a virtual event next month - G7 C7 - 'that will bring together city net...
Councils should be leading the queue for reinvestment
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 27 November 2019
What does the LGA's Labour Group want from a new Government on local finance? Councils' funding m...
The time for local voices to be heard
By Cllr Howard Sykes | 27 June 2018
The Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Independent Local Government Association Groups ou...
More questions than answers
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 20 July 2016
Business rates retention goes further than simply a rethink of local government finances and more...
Where are the tools?
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 25 November 2015
Cllr Nick Forbes urges the Government to use devolution to help usher in a new era of regulatory ...
It's grim for the North
By Cllr Nick Forbes | 09 October 2012
Cllr Nick Forbes explains why he believes councils across the North face a tougher challenge over...
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