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PARISH COUNCILS

A way of doing politics differently

By Ann McGauran | 05 April 2022

Can we do politics in new ways that engage people rather than being alienating, adversarial and f...

FINANCE

O'Brien defends Sunak's lack of levelling up

By Heather Jameson | 29 March 2022

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has denied the spring statement ignored the Government’s flags...

DEVOLUTION

Gove pledges a 'waterfall of devolution'

By Heather Jameson | 28 March 2022

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has claimed there will be a ‘waterfall of devolution’ as powe...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Councils to call for greater devo after White Paper

By Dan Peters | 24 March 2022

The local government sector is to make the case for greater devolution beyond the Levelling Up Wh...

DEVOLUTION

Levelling up should take a national approach

By Michael Burton | 22 March 2022

The Government of the UK should take a UK-approach to levelling up, recognising that inequalities...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Districts call to work with counties on devolution

By Martin Ford | 22 March 2022

Districts have issued a call to work alongside counties in devolution.

FINANCE

Southern comfort

By Jonathan Werran | 22 March 2022

Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran outlines a new report setting a possible future course fo...

FINANCE

South East needs 'unified' approach to create a devolution framework

By Jonathan Werran | 22 March 2022

Government must rethink the assumption that directing investment away from an ‘overheated’ South ...

DEVOLUTION

Helping the mayoral medicine go down

By Sheila Oxtoby | 15 March 2022

There is a willingness to enter into negotiations on a county deal in good faith, but there seems...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Four strengths of LEPs

By Mark Bretton | 15 March 2022

Mark Bretton asks how we can marry up the Levelling Up White Paper’s ‘warm words’ about local ent...

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