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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Rush for devo is a 'threat to economy'

By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016

The current approach to devolution threatens to entrench the failings of the existing economic sy...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Education 'notable for its absence' in devo deals

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016

The Department for Education (DfE) is trailing behind other parts of Whitehall in its willingness...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Clark: DCLG will be devo partner not promulgator

By Sam Clayden | 26 January 2016

As the sector moves towards a world of greater local powers, the Department for Communities and L...

WHITEHALL

Housing costs pushing up welfare bills

By Michael Burton | 25 January 2016

Soaring housing costs are pushing up welfare bills in the UK’s most prosperous cities despite the...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

North and Midlands cities dominate 'low-wage' ranking

By Thomas Bridge | 25 January 2016

Northern and Midlands cities have dominated a list of Britain’s lowest wage urban areas, promptin...

FINANCE

Clark accused of 'cover-up' on council cut-backs

By Thomas Bridge | 21 January 2016

Communities secretary Greg Clark has been accused of attempting to ‘cover up’ cuts to local gover...

FINANCE

'Let authorities tackle low-level offenders'

By Mark Whitehead | 19 January 2016

Responsibility for low-level offenders should be handed over to local authorities, according to t...

FINANCE

A call for clarity

By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2016

Heather Jameson analyses the fallout from the local government finance settlement consultation an...

FINANCE

Change the settlement or face financial failure

By Heather Jameson | 19 January 2016

Minor tweaks to the local government finance settlement won't be enough to stop swathes of counci...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A devolution stumbling block?

By Andrew Muter | 19 January 2016

Uncertainty and lack of clarity could significantly hamper the devolution agenda. Andrew Muter ex...

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