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FINANCE
Mayors in tourism tax plea
By Izzy Lepone | 03 June 2025
English mayors have urged the Government to allow councils to introduce visitor levies to boost r...
AI
Democracy, tech, people and power
By Miriam Levin | 03 June 2025
Demos is working with a coalition of partners including New Local to deliver Waves – a $1m projec...
SCOTLAND
Scottish councils keen to explore further devolution
By Joe Lepper | 29 May 2025
Scottish councils are keen to explore the potential of ‘enhanced local government devolution’ but...
DEVOLUTION
McGuinness calls for devolution acceleration
By Joe Lepper | 23 May 2025
Labour’s North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has called on her Government to accelerate devolution by...
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
EXCLUSIVE: Push for local PACs slows amid Whitehall scepticism
By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters and Martin Ford | 15 May 2025
Support for establishing local versions of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) across England is ...
FINANCE
Designing a better framework for public scrutiny
By Tracy Bingham | 09 May 2025
For participation and oversight over council finances, we need to get behind Research for Action'...
GOVERNANCE
Filling in the holes in local democracy
By Mel Stevens | 08 May 2025
Mel Stevens considers where the new democratic deficits will lie in the new local government land...
POLITICS
Reform UK 'faces serious challenges'
By Emily Twinch | 06 May 2025
Experts have warned Reform UK faces serious challenges after winning the two latest mayoral posit...
ELECTIONS
Mayors elected with lowest ever vote share
By Emily Twinch | 06 May 2025
A change in the voting system to first-past-the-post for mayors meant they were voted in with the...
ELECTIONS
Reform gains in English local elections
By Emily Twinch | 02 May 2025
Labour has held onto key mayoralties even though it looks like Nigel Farage’s Reform UK will make...
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