ECONOMIC GROWTH

Counties have shown themselves able to step up and deliver

The new Government inherits an unenviable in-tray. In navigating and ultimately solving these problems, England's county authorities will be vital, says Simon Edwards.

As we close out September, historians will view this as a monumental month, with a new monarch and new Prime Minister in the same week.

Although there is a feeling politics will return to ‘business as usual' after a summer of upheaval, the challenges facing the country necessitate solutions that will be anything but. We have seen this already with the energy price cap.

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