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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers urged to turbo-charge levelling up agenda

07 December 2020

Ministers have been urged to turbo-charge their ‘levelling up’ agenda after latest figures show t...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Remove 'adversarial' funding to level up regions

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2020

Removing competition from local authority funding is needed to level up the country, a think-tank...

WHITEHALL

Think-tank issues warning on Brexit readiness

By Heather Jameson | 03 November 2020

Local authorities and the devolved nations risk being overwhelmed by Brexit as they are trying to...

HEALTH

Government needs a plan to tackle public service backlog, says IfG

By Heather Jameson | 02 November 2020

The Government needs a plan to address backlogs in public services caused by the coronavirus cris...

BUSINESS RATES

Think tank proposes 10-point plan to reform business rates

By Laura Sharman | 29 October 2020

The valuation of business rates should be devolved to local government, under proposals published...

FINANCE

Think tank calls for rates reform

By Michael Burton | 26 October 2020

Council tax and business rates should be reformed as part of a major overhaul of the UK’s tax sys...

FINANCE

Streamline local government under plans to save £30bn a year, think-tank argues

By Laura Sharman | 21 October 2020

Streamlining local government and selling off high-value council properties could save billions e...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Levelling up would add £242bn to economy each year, research finds

By Laura Sharman | 05 October 2020

Successfully delivering on the levelling up agenda would boost the economy by £242bn a year, new ...

REORGANISATION

Think-tank proposes axing hundreds of councils

By Martin Ford | 11 September 2020

England’s 349 councils should be replaced with 69 unitary authorities, a think-tank has argued.

WHITEHALL

IFS issues warning over EU funding

By Michael Burton | 13 July 2020

Funding from Brussels for the UK’s poorest regions may have to roll over another year if the Gove...

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If you want to invest your skills in a place where you can make things happen, look no further than Gloucestershire. Apply for this job

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