Green shoots?
KING'S SPEECH

Green shoots?

By Martin Ford | 23 July 2024

Planning and devolution were two of the key themes of last week’s King’s Speech, with a host of Bills being lined up and the sector being offered some degree of hope for the future. But will the nu...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Fresh calls for fiscal devo

By Dan Peters | 03 July 2024

Backers of fiscal devolution have urged the government elected today to reconsider the policy des...

PLANNING

Labour will need to back up strategic planning 'with teeth'

By Emily Twinch | 25 June 2024

Labour’s proposed push for a return to strategic planning will need to be ‘backed up with teeth’,...

HEALTH

Regeneration must get on its bike

By Jonathan Werran | 07 May 2024

Jonathan Werran sets out what is needed during the next political cycle if regeneration is to be ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Local funding reform key to growth agenda, says report

By Martin Ford | 03 May 2024

The next government must relinquish centralised control to realise ambitions for growth, a report...

FINANCE

1984 and all that

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2024

Forty years from the passing of the Rates Act, how relevant are the provisions designed to give c...

WHITEHALL

LGA lobbied over income tax devolution amid White Paper preparations

By Dan Peters | 22 April 2024

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) White Paper should make the case for councils to receive...

PLANNING

Making strategic spatial planning successful

11 April 2024

In Localis’s new essay collection, Catriona Riddell looks at developing agreement on housing supp...

PLANNING

Building consent

By Jonathan Werran | 08 April 2024

As Localis publishes an essay collection looking at how homes and developments may be built in ha...

FINANCE

Think-tank's call for landfill tax devolution

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2024

A think-tank has called for a portion of the proceeds from landfill tax to be devolved to councils.

FINANCE

Governing the local AI revolution

By Amardeep Gill | 13 March 2024

A nuanced approach to governance is needed to successfully navigate the challenge of integrating ...

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Director of Economy

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York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer)

£73,755-82,065 plus relocation package

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Head of Transport Strategy

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