Devolution

By Heather Jameson | 10 March 2015

The true test of the Local Government Association (LGA) will be how it responds to its peer revie...

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Localism, there really is no alternative now

By Paul Wheeler | 10 March 2015

There can be no rowing back from the imaginative drive for integration and collaboration put in m...

Constitution could enshrine fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 09 March 2015

Fiscal devolution to local government in England could be enshrined under a proposed UK written c...

BUSINESS

Pickles to be told The Only Way is Essex devolution

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2015

Essex councils have agreed to make clear their interest in exploring devolution in a letter to co...

HEALTH

Tory leader complains about lack of devolution to Conservative areas

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2015

A Conservative county council leader has expressed his exasperation at the lack of devolution dea...

WHITEHALL

London boroughs should enforce minimum wage, says Labour policy guru

By Michael Burton | 04 March 2015

London boroughs could take responsibility for enforcing the minimum wage instead of HM Revenue an...

WHITEHALL

London's appetite for fiscal freedom has trebled

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2015

The number of Londoners wanting greater fiscal devolution has increased threefold to 60% in the l...

SOCIAL CARE

'Devolution divide' warning issued over care delivery

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

County chiefs have this week warned failure by an overly centralised NHS to support radical chang...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Study reveals reorganisation possibility

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 March 2015

An independent report on devolution into non-metropolitan areas has not ruled out further local g...

HEALTH

Let's act on CSE – not scapegoat

By Heather Jameson | 03 March 2015

It has been a long week in local government, writes Heather Jameson.

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