FINANCE
Ex-ministers unite in health devolution call
By Michael Burton | 13 August 2020
Five former ministers from all three main parties have called for health and social care to be de...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government reaffirms support for LEPs
By Dan Peters | 10 August 2020
The Government has reaffirmed its support for local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) ahead of this ...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dem leadership candidates in reorganisation warning
By Heather Jameson | 06 August 2020
The Lib Dem leadership candidates have both warned against the Government’s plans to force throug...
WHITEHALL
CCN steps back from backing 'radical' shake-up
By Dan Peters | 04 August 2020
The County Councils’ Network (CCN) will hold back from calling for historic boundaries to determi...
FINANCE
Ministers to receive Somerset unitary business case
By Dan Peters | 31 July 2020
A business case for a single Somerset unitary has been sent to communities secretary Robert Jenri...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Is it time for elective surgery?
By Cllr Iain Malcolm | 28 July 2020
A move to an increasingly or even completely postal-based vote is one possible solution to the pr...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Pause, reflect and do better
By Dr Arianna Giovannini | 28 July 2020
Dr Arianna Giovannini says there is a real risk that this new rhetoric of ‘empowering the local ...
WHITEHALL
Williams: I'll accept whatever it takes to get a county unitary
By Dan Peters | 28 July 2020
The leader of Hertfordshire CC has conceded he would accept a directly-elected mayor as the figur...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
A review to learn lessons not lay blame
By Lord Bob Kerslake | 27 July 2020
Swift and focused reviews of local decision-making in response to the pandemic should be democrat...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Trust in the public realm really matters
By Jonathan Carr-West | 21 July 2020
Trust in public institutions cannot be rebuilt if different levels of government are seeking to d...
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