Having your cake and eating it
FINANCE

Having your cake and eating it

By Michael Burton | 18 February 2025

As ministers struggle to find capital from the cash-strapped public finances to deliver infrastructure growth for schools, highways and hospitals, Michael Burton wonders whether off-balance sheet s...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

The reality of growth

By Ann McGauran | 11 February 2025

East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward talks to Ann McGauran about her hopes for the region’s Inclusive ...

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...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Evolution through devolution

By Neil Blagburn | 16 January 2025

The council-led delivery of the Northumberland Line could inspire local authorities to take the l...

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Local leaders are powering up for a revolution

By Christopher Hammond | 20 November 2024

A century on from the first electricity revolution, Christopher Hammond hopes the launch of a new...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure: we need new PPP models the private sector can invest in

By Stuart McMillan | 08 October 2024

Labour’s infrastructure plans could mean a bright future for PPPs, and involve a number of models...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Future Forum Midlands: Councils call for backing to drive growth

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2024

Local authorities have a crucial role to play in the Government’s drive for economic growth – but...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Newham mayor 'deeply concerned' by airport expansion

By William Eichler | 21 August 2024

Newham LBC’s mayor said she was ‘deeply concerned’ after ministers overruled the council to appro...

PLANNING

Proposals to bring back strategic planning have merit

By By Simon Edwards | 30 July 2024

A return of strategic planning across the country could fill the void between local and national ...

HOUSING

Appetite for construction

By Jonathan Werran | 29 July 2024

Jonathan Werran ponders whether the Labour Government’s headline-grabbing housebuilding proposals...

ENVIRONMENT

Planning, planet and participation

By Graham Duxbury | 26 July 2024

Graham Duxbury explains why the new Government needs to put people and nature at the heart of its...

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Senior Finance Business Partner

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