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ELECTIONS
The burden on returning officers and elections teams is increasing
By Peter Stanyon | 09 May 2023
Anecdotal reports of people not meeting new voter ID requirements were disheartening, and recruit...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Does it work? Measuring impact for community wealth building
By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 26 April 2023
A new paper shows that community wealth building in the city of Preston is having a positive impa...
COMBINED AUTHORITY
The problem with the levelling up cake
By Professor Graeme Atherton | 25 April 2023
Handing out funding from targeted pots and through competitive bidding leads to big disparities i...
DEVOLUTION
Report shows stark variations in levelling up funding
By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2023
Competitive bidding has led to a £0.5bn gap in levelling up cash between the best and least funde...
SCRUTINY
Give locals a seat at the table
By Courtney Stephenson | 12 April 2023
Providing MPs the ability to scrutinise policy implemented by combined authorities does nothing t...
SCRUTINY
Accountability is not a one-way street
By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023
Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Transferring LEP functions to upper tier councils goes with the policy grain
By James Maker | 04 April 2023
The County Councils’ Network will be engaging Government to ensure the transfer of LEPs is compat...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Councils need a longer-term funding plan
By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023
The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
North Northamptonshire chief to join combined authority
By Martin Ford | 27 March 2023
Rob Bridge has been appointed chief executive officer of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Stockport's powerhouse regeneration
By Martin Ford | 21 March 2023
At the vanguard of the Mayoral Development Corporation model, Stockport’s groundbreaking £500m To...
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