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EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Surrey frustration over lack of devolution timetable

By Dan Peters | 04 November 2025

Surrey leaders have expressed frustration after the Government refused to commit to the first election for a directly elected mayor taking place in 2027.

REORGANISATION

Nine councils in Derbyshire unite behind two unitaries

By Ann McGauran | 27 October 2025

Derbyshire's councils have moved closer to a consensus with the county on reorganisation now that...

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM

Transforming public services in Liverpool City Region

By Kirsty McLean | 24 October 2025

Kirsty McLean reveals how the Liverpool-based Office for Public Service Innovation – working with...

RECRUITMENT

Levelling up leadership

By Pete John | 23 October 2025

Pete John delves into the new world of leading in a combined authority and offers some insight in...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

New strategic authorities should 'embrace' disagreement

By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2025

Areas moving towards devolution deals have been advised to ‘embrace’ inevitable disagreement betw...

DEVOLUTION

MPs should back mayors to avoid angry DINO-sores

By Mark Lloyd, RSA | 15 October 2025

Mark Lloyd argues that having promised big on decentralisation through the ‘take back control’ bi...

REORGANISATION

Reform council backs county unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2025

Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midl...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Clash expected over councils' choice of devolution plans

By By Joe Lepper | 09 October 2025

Councils in Gloucestershire are expected to clash over the county’s devolution options.

DEVOLUTION

The politics of shaping place

By Annabel Smith | 07 October 2025

Annabel Smith detected a shift in focus towards local leadership at this year’s Labour Party conf...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Killian 'shocked and saddened' by Manchester synagogue attack

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2025

Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Joanna Killian said she was ‘shocked and sadde...

EDUCATION

Beyond the call of statutory duty

By James Farr | 01 October 2025

James Farr explains why combined authorities should go the extra mile to tackle the post-16 educa...

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