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DEVOLUTION
Can you see the change?
By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 October 2026
Jonathan Carr-West outlines the role councils should play in a rewired state.
DEVOLUTION
What water reform can teach us about devolution
By Jessica Browne | 12 October 2026
Water reform provides a practical test of the wider devolution agenda, says Jessica Browne.
DEVOLUTION
Devolution's next challenge: Building capable places
By Thomas Johnson | 07 October 2026
Thomas Johnson looks at what Greater Manchester’s experience suggests about the next stage of dev...
DEVOLUTION
Rewiring the state: turning central-local partnership into action
By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2026
Graeme McDonald looks at how Whitehall and local government can turn partnership, trust and ambit...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Transferring power out of Whitehall: Don't devolve fiscal risk when 'rewiring'
By Mark Morrin | 01 October 2026
Mark Morrin says carefully designed fiscal devolution must combine meaningful local control with ...
REORGANISATION
What local leadership needs to thrive
By Robin Rogers | 27 August 2026
Reflecting on the Government’s preference for three unitaries for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire,...
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
Places: a call for more coterminosity
By Dr Catherine Howe | 18 March 2026
Catherine Howe asks: What if, instead of tussles over public sector reform between places and Whi...
DATA & DIGITAL
Reaping the benefits of collaboration on technology and innovation piece by piece
By Eddie Copeland | 11 February 2026
There is a powerful logic to making intelligent use of data, technology and a wide range of trans...
DEVOLUTION
The challenges, opportunities and risks of devo
By Martin Ford | 29 January 2026
The Government’s drive for devolution is set to radically alter the landscape of local government...
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
There goes the neighbourhood
By Nicola Steuer | 16 September 2025
Neighbourhoods have returned to the policy agenda and it’s time to empower them, says Nicola Steuer.
LEADERSHIP
Turning building connections into a corporate strength
By Alison Griffin | 22 August 2025
Alison Griffin says now is a great time to empower her corporate management team and others aroun...
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