ECONOMIC GROWTH

Is it time to remove the reins on local government finances?

By Alison Ring | 13 November 2023

Centralisation clearly isn’t working for England, so could radical plans for fiscal devolution be...

WHITEHALL

Land value tax could redistribute billions

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2023

A plan to reform business rates could lead to billions of pounds being redistributed from high la...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

'City region powers can boost growth'

By Heather Jameson | 08 November 2023

The next Government should devolve fiscal powers to the country’s three biggest city regions in a...

FINANCE

Labour regeneration plans will fail 'without radical action'

By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023

An incoming Labour government’s regeneration plans will fail without radical action to devolve fi...

FINANCE

Listen to the local

By Sir Bob Neill | 23 October 2023

Party conferences are long on rhetoric but leave local government with more questions than answer...

WHITEHALL

Welsh councils to wait for tourism tax

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2023

Tourism taxes will not be in place in Wales until 2027, the Welsh Government has estimated.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Government advisers back fiscal devolution

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2023

Fiscal devolution should be ramped up to enable local authorities to develop transport networks, ...

PLANNING

Giving power away: Labour needs to turn rhetoric into reality

By Ross Mudie | 16 October 2023

Labour needs to articulate a more concrete vision for how they would go further and faster on dev...

BUSINESS

London Councils eyes apprenticeship levy devolution

By Dan Peters | 09 October 2023

London Councils has named securing devolution of the apprenticeship levy to its boroughs to fund ...

WHITEHALL

Centralisation is not a cosy cocoon

By Jessica Studdert | 27 September 2023

When Detroit went bust it seemed to prove the riskiness of local self-government, says Jessica St...

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Deputy Director Adult Social Care Operations

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Assistant Director of Public Protection & Neighbourhoods

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