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DEVOLUTION
Mayors call for 'further and faster' devolution
By Martin Ford | 28 February 2025
Mayors in the north of England are demanding the Government goes ‘further and faster’ with devolu...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Ambitious plans are needed for the fix we're in
By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2025
The Plan for Growth represents continuity in that it ‘misses the target in ways uncannily reminis...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
The great fiscal debate
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
Ministers have withstood calls for fiscal devolution, but with local government finances in crisi...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Questions over financial impact of reorganisation
By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025
Questions have been raised over whether the Government’s approach to local government reorganisat...
FINANCE
Edinburgh tourism tax could be starting point for fiscal devolution, experts suggest
By Dan Peters | 20 January 2025
The approach to a tourism tax being taken forward in Scottish and Welsh cities could be a startin...
DEVOLUTION
A white paper for continuity devolution
By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2024
The ambitions of the English Devolution White Paper will need a decade of renewal rather than a s...
FINANCE
Sector call for council tax review
By Dan Peters | 13 December 2024
Local government has called for a ‘fundamental review of council tax’ in a long-awaited report.
FINANCE
Divert NHS cash to social care
By Martin Ford | 10 December 2024
The Government has been urged to divert NHS funding to ease pressure on local government.
FINANCE
Fresh revenue raising powers promised for councils
By Dan Peters | 04 December 2024
The Scottish Budget has pledged to ‘enhance the fiscal empowerment of local government through wo...
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