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POLICY AND POLITICS
Searching for a NEET solution
By Vijay K Luthra | 06 August 2026
With NEET numbers at their highest since 2013, Patrick Diamond and Vijay K Luthra argue the answer lies not in Whitehall, nor even in combined authorities, but in strengthening the capacity of coun...
ANDY BURNHAM
Park the cynicism for Burnham's constitutional shift
By Heather Jameson | 06 August 2026
It will be down to Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make sure dropped bedpans no longer reverberate...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Mayors warned over partnership working
By Joe Lepper | 03 August 2026
Mayoral strategic authorities (MSAs) need to improve their partnership working with investors to ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: LGA vice-chair calls for devolution boundary review
By Dan Peters | 30 July 2026
A vice-chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for the geographies of the ‘les...
DEVOLUTION
Putting innovation at the heart of devo
By Kathy Nothstine | 28 July 2026
Place-based innovation funds can help Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda deliver growth, better ser...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
The mindset shifts that can secure fiscal devo
By Piali Das Gupta | 28 July 2026
Successful fiscal devolution requires bolder local leadership, measured risk-taking and fewer cen...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Whitehall devolution resistance 'over for good'
By Dan Peters | 24 July 2026
Whitehall resistance to devolution is ‘over for good’, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has insisted a...
REORGANISATION
Reorganisation repercussions
By Paul Marinko | 23 July 2026
Following the latest round of local government reorganisation last week, ministers claim the new ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Burnham's new broom needs to be more than just hocus pocus
By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2026
Burnham’s new Cabinet faces urgent challenges in local government finance, housing, devolution an...
SIGOMA
A good time for 'Our Friends in the North'?
By Paul Marinko | 10 July 2026
With its power base in northern mets the stars have started to align for the Special Interest Gro...
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Insecurity: the missing piece of the productivity puzzle
By Saffron Woodcraft | 09 July 2026
New research shows reducing insecurity can boost productivity, earnings and inclusive economic gr...
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