Beware of 'super' combined authorities
DEVOLUTION

Beware of 'super' combined authorities

By Andrew Carter | 21 November 2024

Rolling out ‘super’ combined authorities across the country, one option being considered by the Government, is not the pragmatic approach it would at first seem, says Andrew Carter.

FINANCE

Call for courage over failing council finances

By By Martin Ford | 21 November 2024

‘Drastic action’ from the Government is required to shore-up councils’ finances amid multiple cri...

DEVOLUTION

Devo deal process at 'end of shelf life'

By Martin Ford | 14 October 2024

The Government will need to take a different approach to English devolution in its forthcoming wh...

FINANCE

Waiting continues for multi-year settlement despite 'collapse' warnings

By Dan Peters | 11 September 2024

Local government expects another one-year finance settlement despite warnings that failing to add...

DEVOLUTION

The taxing question

By Anthony Breach | 06 August 2024

How Government plans to both widen and deepen devolution will be key to achieving economic growth...

KING'S SPEECH

Green shoots?

By Martin Ford | 23 July 2024

Planning and devolution were two of the key themes of last week’s King’s Speech, with a host of B...

FINANCE

A fiscal crossroads for Labour

By Dan Peters | 25 June 2024

Will an incoming Labour government seize the initiative on fiscal devolution as a way of driving ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Warnings over Labour devolution drive

By Dan Peters | 18 June 2024

A Labour drive to fill in the devolution map will take time and energy away from deepening devolu...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Next government 'should bring big cities up to par with G7 peers'

By Ann McGauran | 12 June 2024

The incoming government should put big cities outside London at the heart of a national mission t...

WHITEHALL

Is devolution to metro mayors having its intended effect?

By Andrew Carter | 28 May 2024

In the political sphere, the Labour party loudly celebrated its near-clean sweep of victories at ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Devolution needs to be more 'Kevin Keegan'

By Henry Kippin | 22 April 2024

If the UK wants to emerge from its ‘odd decade’ into a better place, it must use devolution to bo...

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