Devolution

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2020

One of the biggest challenges to devolution comes from civil servants, the Mayor of Cambridgeshir...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Spending review: The chancellor has made some big promises – can he deliver?

By Luke Raikes | 01 December 2020

The chancellor’s ambition is laudable, says research director of the Fabian Society Luke Raikes, ...

Recovery plans key to levelling up

By Martin Ford | 26 November 2020

Government ambitions for levelling up depend on councils being given funds to fulfil local recove...

PAY

Warm words mean nothing when frontline staff are snubbed

By Heather Jameson | 25 November 2020

Heather Jameson says: 'The Prime Minister’s speech to Scottish Conservatives at the weekend, reit...

DEVOLUTION

Devo is a 'stepping stone to localism', PM tells Scots Tories

By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020

Devolution should be a stepping stone to passing power down to local communities and businesses, ...

FINANCE

Sunak to re-write Green Book to level up the North

By Heather Jameson | 23 November 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans to re-write the Green Book in the spending r...

WHITEHALL

LGA presses to move powers out of London

By Martin Ford | 19 November 2020

Moving powers from the capital to the regions is more important than moving civil servants, the c...

WHITEHALL

An opportunity to rewrite local-central relations

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2020

Now it is time to click refresh on the Johnson Government. But what of local government and the B...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Creating Powerful Communities

By Jonathan Werran | 17 November 2020

The Recovery and Devolution White Paper must seize on the promise of double devolution to build e...

DEVOLUTION

Jenrick defends PM amid devo 'disaster' claim

By Heather Jameson | 17 November 2020

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has defended the Prime Minister’s claim that devolution in S...

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