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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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