FINANCE

Council chiefs in Autumn Statement devolution plea to Osborne

By Jonathan Werran | 01 December 2014

More than 100 top English council leaders have written to chancellor George Osborne warning the s...

FINANCE

CIPFA demands Barnett formula review

By Dan Peters | 28 November 2014

The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) chief executive has demanded...

WHITEHALL

Axing fund is cynicism dressed up as localism

By David Finch | 28 November 2014

Cutting funding for local welfare provision and effectively saying ‘it’s local government’s probl...

DEVOLUTION

Smith commission lays out plans for 'devo-max'

By Heather Jameson | 27 November 2014

Scotland should have full control over income tax rates and bands, the commission set up to hamme...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Radical change to lift more out of poverty

By Robert Khan | 27 November 2014

Islington LBC leader Cllr Richard Watts explains why the council created an employment commission...

WHITEHALL

CBI calls for rates reform

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 November 2014

Bosses’ group the CBI has called on the chancellor to reform the current business rates regime, w...

WHITEHALL

The transformation challenge

By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2014

Mayors or combined authorities could be used to push greater accountability to boost cross-public...

WHITEHALL

Focus on people, places and structures

By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2014

As the agenda for devolution hurtles ahead at a pace for the Core Cities, the agenda for joined-u...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'We won't force councils to join CAs' says Benn

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2014

Councils reluctant to form combined authorities will not be forced into the move, shadow communit...

LEGISLATION

Devolution 'is for life, not just Christmas'

By Michael Burton | 25 November 2014

Leaders of the Core Cities have stepped up their campaign for more devolution by meeting both Bor...

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