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PLANNING
Labour to 'put communities in control'
By Martin Ford | 10 October 2023
A raft of new mayors, combined authorities and devolved powers will be on offer should Labour win...
PLANNING
Labour to tackle 'antiquated planning system'
By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023
Labour has pledged to overhaul the planning system in a bid to ease the progress of infrastructur...
PLANNING
Threat to councils' planning powers lifted
By Martin Ford | 06 October 2023
Nine councils have avoided being stripped of their planning decision-making powers after drastica...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Growth battlelines
By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023
Rishi Sunak has launched a towns plan, while a new report says bringing UK cities up to the produ...
PLANNING
Gove attacks four-day week 'nonsense' in conference speech
By Martin Ford | 03 October 2023
Local government secretary Michael Gove delivered a speech to the Conservative Party Conference l...
FINANCE
Clarity is my one wish
By Gill Kneller | 27 September 2023
Clarity from the Government on the three fundamental topics of finance, waste collection changes ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
There is still time to act on climate change
By Ian Fytche | 27 September 2023
The Prime Minister may have rowed back on key net zero policies. But Ian Fytche says that with le...
PLANNING
Lib Dems fail to scrap housing target
By Paul Marinko | 26 September 2023
An attempt by the Lib Dem leadership to end the party’s support for national housing targets has ...
BUSINESS
EXCLUSIVE: Planning and placemaking capacity struggle
By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023
Two out of three local authority planning and placemaking professionals believe their team does n...
WHITEHALL
National and local must work together to prioritise nature's recovery
By Cllr Dr Pete Sudbury | 25 September 2023
Oxfordshire CC’s Local Plan aims to ensure development supports nature's recovery, but the counci...
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