10 October 2019

Brexit threatens to undermine the ‘good work’ being done by Scottish councils and the Scottish Government, cabinet secretary for communities and local government, Aileen Campbell has said.

25 September 2019

Would it not be better to build strong, accountable devolution across the whole country and hand powers, responsibilities and funding to the combined authorities, asks Heather Jameson.

12 June 2019

Five years ago the Service Transformation Challenge Panel was launched with the aim of delivering better outcomes in local public services. But a new report notes little progress since the UK EU membership referendum.

26 February 2019

Only full fiscal devolution with comprehensive tax-raising powers at a local level will deliver the change communities crave, a report by the NLGN think-tank has urged.

25 February 2019

Labour leader of Barnsley MBC, Sir Steve Houghton, has called on MPs to implement the Prime Minister's Brexit deal for now - with a further referendum to be held in five years' time.

16 January 2019

Councils this week started to formally inform Whitehall about their Brexit risk assessments amid fears of crime spikes, public demonstrations and food bottlenecks.

11 July 2018

Economists who are both pro and anti-Brexit agree the referendum vote has caused a slowdown in the economy, the Institute for Government’s Gemma Tetlow has said. 

09 July 2018

Parliamentary under-secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, Kit Malthouse, has replaced Dominic Raab as housing minister after his appointment as the new Brexit secretary.

20 September 2017

As the UK prepares to leave the EU, Core Cities chair Cllr Judith Blake tells Heather Jameson what cities have to offer on the economy, democracy and devolution in a post-Brexit world.

30 May 2017

IFS questions viability of Tory plans limiting individual care costs.

17 May 2017

Misreading the newly-invigorated electorate has become far too common. The political debate has been reframed through the Brexit prism and the wishes of the people need to be respected, writes Claire Fox.

02 May 2017

Every time anyone asks the Government for more money like to help the NHS or look after wrinklies in their old folks’ homes or fill the millions of potholes, then ministers all wring their hands and say they haven’t got a bean, sorry guvnor.

26 April 2017

Mark Rogers says campaigning in the run-up to June’s General Election and the ongoing Brexit process must not overshadow the countless agendas that genuinely affect people’s lives.

20 April 2017

No Tarquin, a snap election doesn’t mean it is exactly the same as last time.

18 April 2017

MPs should not use the snap General Election to make ‘undeliverable promises’ about the future funding of public services, experts have warned.

05 April 2017

The prime minister triggered Article 50 last week, firing the UK into one of the most crucial periods of its modern history. Mark Conrad investigates the risks and opportunities for local government as the country negotiates its exit from the EU

14 March 2017

The UK’s decision to leave the EU will have profound consequences. Heather Jameson talks to Lord Kerslake about what this will mean for local government.

07 March 2017

The RSA Inclusive Growth Commission today called for a ‘radical overhaul’ of public services, including more powers and devolution to combined authorities.

10 January 2017

‘Transformation is dead’ and should be replaced by rapid cycles of discovery and experimentation, Simon Parker, Redbridge LBC’s corporate director of strategy and former director of think-tank NLGN, has proclaimed.

13 December 2016

Election results the world over are revealing a serious divide between communities and the political establishment. Jim McMahon MP explains why devolution is now more important than ever and explains the co-operative vision for handing powers down to local government