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FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Fiscal devolution: Significant steps away from the centre
By Marcus Johns | 03 November 2026
Marcus Johns sets out the three key features of the Budget’s fiscal devolution roadmap and says the changes signal a future ‘where Britain escapes its status as over-centralised and highly unequal’.
EMPLOYMENT
If devolution cannot solve the youth jobs crisis, what is it for?
By Katie Johnston | 03 November 2026
Katie Johnston looks at how devolution can help local government tackle youth unemployment and dr...
DEVOLUTION
Turning devolution and reorganisation ambition into something tangible for residents
By Caroline Green | 03 November 2026
Councils need clarity, partnership and certainty to deliver successful reorganisation and devolut...
DEVOLUTION
Local government reorganisation and devolution: Where is the Government's bigger picture?
By Pete Robbins | 02 November 2026
Fiscal levers, strategic geographies and simpler local structures are a genuine piece of the jigs...
REORGANISATION
Changing places, not just boundaries: what's missing from the LGR announcement
By Adele Gritten | 02 November 2026
As the dust starts to settle following last week’s government announcement on reorganisation, Ade...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution expansion: Can 10 new strategic authorities be delivered by 2028?
By Akash Paun | 02 November 2026
The Government will have to overcome several obstacles to reach its ambitious objective for devol...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Short-termism threatens to undermine devolution - report
By Joe Lepper | 02 November 2026
Ten-year funding deals are needed to ensure the Government’s devolution agenda is not undermined ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: DWP establishes devolution directorate
By Dan Peters | 30 October 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) policy group has established a devolution directorate.
REORGANISATION
LGR cannot stagger on as a zombie policy
By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 October 2026
Jonathan Carr-West says there’s clearly a sense in the sector that the window to get reorganisati...
BUDGET 2026
Rewired Budget
By Jonathan Werran | 29 October 2026
Reflecting on the Budget and the fiscal devolution roadmap, and looking ahead to the Rewiring the...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution and health: from why to how
By Mubasshir Ajaz | 29 October 2026
The debate is moving beyond whether devolution matters for health. The task now is to make it wor...
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