LEGISLATION
EXCLUSIVE: Government 'risks battle' on moving districts' functions without consent
By John Cooper | 17 May 2022
Districts will push to change the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to ensure their functions ca...
DEVOLUTION
Devolve powers to tackle jobs crisis, council leaders urge
By William Eichler | 17 May 2022
Local authority leaders have called on the Government to devolve more powers to councils to free ...
WHITEHALL
Future Forum: Go hyper-local to avoid 'grim' future
By Paul Marinko | 13 May 2022
The Government needs to provide county deals quickly and councils need to simultaneously ‘go hype...
WHITEHALL
Levelling up must go beyond 'big ticket' projects
By Martin Ford | 11 May 2022
Efforts to level up communities must be felt at a local level for the policy to be viewed as a su...
PLANNING
England's planning system is broken
By Tom Stannard | 10 May 2022
Tom Stannard sets out the scale of the regeneration challenge, including the vital need to improv...
HEALTH
Only 14% trust Government to solve cost of living crisis
09 May 2022
Two thirds of people do not have confidence in national politicians to tackle the growing cost of...
DEVOLUTION
Putting people first
By John Cooper | 26 April 2022
At a time when innovation and behaviour change are needed, a number of barriers are making it har...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Shared Prosperity Fund shortfall leaves a gaping hole at the heart of levelling up
By Henri Murison | 22 April 2022
The Shared Prosperity Fund allocations present a bleak picture, and represent serious cuts, but t...
HEALTH
Zero progress on climate but devo can keep things on track
By Grace Newcombe | 20 April 2022
The Levelling Up White Paper’s relative silence on net zero represents a huge missed opportunity ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Rhythms and rhetoric do not a devolution make
By Heather Jameson | 20 April 2022
There is still a long way to go before the Johnson Government’s devolution rhetoric feels like a ...
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