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Burnham's small business rates plan could cost £880m a year
BUSINESS RATES

Burnham's small business rates plan could cost £880m a year

By William Eichler | 06 July 2026

Andy Burnham’s proposed rates reforms could help cut business rates for over 100,000 small businesses but could cost £880m a year, new analysis suggests.

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Taking back control

By Sarah Longlands | 01 July 2026

Is Burnham’s vision of the productive state a licence for local government to take back control, ...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

Strategic authority in senior role swap

By Dan Peters | 26 June 2026

West Yorkshire Combined Authority will replace its chief operating officer role with an executive...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution could 'deepen regional imbalances'

By Martin Ford | 03 June 2026

The Government’s chosen path of devolution could make regional inequality in England worse, a thi...

STRONGER THINGS

Mission: Local economy

By Grace Pollard | 21 May 2026

Grace Pollard says speakers at next month’s Stronger Things will imagine how future local governm...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Economic growth is not enough

By Tom Lloyd Goodwin | 12 May 2026

Strategic authorities must start treating economic development as health policy, says Tom Lloyd G...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Roll out fiscal devo across nations

By Laura Hughes | 06 May 2026

As the All-Party Parliamentary Group on local government launches an inquiry into fiscal devoluti...

LG CHALLENGE

LG Challenge: A connected coastal vision

By Michael Barrett | 05 May 2026

Immersive learning came to the fore as Local Government Challenge contestants took on the task of...

ELECTIONS

Sampling voters' sentiments

By Sarah Longlands | 05 May 2026

Growing dissatisfaction is pushing voters away from traditional parties, using elections to expre...

FINANCE

Restoring the third pillar of local authority finance: citizen investment

By Karl Harder | 23 April 2026

Karl Harder looks at the benefits of citizen investing.

PLACE-MAKING

From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth

By Matt O'Neill | 08 April 2026

Barnsley's transformation model offers a quiet reminder that resilience in town centres comes fro...

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