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WHITEHALL
Secretary of state to 'seize' housing development decisions
By Sam Clayden | 24 March 2016
In ‘another step away from localism,’ the Government is cutting local authorities out of major ho...
WHITEHALL
Calls for PM to meet mayors
By Heather Jameson | 22 March 2016
The Government has refused to say whether David Cameron will revisit his promise to chair a cabin...
FINANCE
COSLA calls for new relationship
By Jamie Hailstone | 21 March 2016
Scottish council bosses have called for the relationship between local and central government nor...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2016: New mayors as 'devolution revolution takes hold'
By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016
New elected mayors for English counties and southern cities have been announced by chancellor Geo...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Counties hit back at districts choosing their own devo path
By Sam Clayden | 15 March 2016
Two county councils have hit back after their attempts to broker devolution deals have been stymi...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Voters give a firm 'no' to directly-elected mayor
By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016
Voters in Bath and North East Somerset have rejected calls for a directly-elected mayor.
WHITEHALL
Budget 2016: Devo deals falter at final hurdle
By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016
Government efforts to get a raft of non-metropolitan devolution deals signed off in time for toda...
HEALTH
Future of devolution difficult to predict
By Andrew Walker | 15 March 2016
Andrew Walker, policy researcher for the Local Government Information Unit think-tank, looks at t...
WHITEHALL
Cumbria devolution deal unlikely after stand-off
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2016
A devolution deal announcement for Cumbria in this week’s Budget looks unlikely after local leade...
WHITEHALL
Councils sign up to social care precept
By Jamie Hailstone | 11 March 2016
Most local authorities in England have taken advantage of the Government’s new social care precep...
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