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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...