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Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards
DEVOLUTION

Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025

Power is being ‘snatched upwards and away from local voices’ by the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, the Lib Dems have claimed.

CULTURE

If devolution is about identity, culture must be in the script

By Stephen Crocker | 24 November 2025

Culture must be part of the devolution playbook if the new Norfolk & Suffolk Combined Authority i...

REGENERATION

Greater Manchester unveils groundbreaking financing scheme

By Paul Marinko | 20 November 2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) will today (Thursday) launch a new £1bn public finan...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs' pay slump

By Dan Peters | 20 November 2025

Chief executives’ advertised salaries drop below four-year inflation rate, The MJ’s data analysis...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Cuts expected after LGA overhaul

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2025

Organisation agrees to new future operating model as chief executive promises ‘step change in how...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

Employer-led vanguards to tackle workplace ill-health

By Lee Peart | 05 November 2025

Employer-led vanguards including mayoral combined authorities will drive forward Government plans...

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 ele...

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...

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