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HIGHWAYS
Council threatens legal action over £20m roads funding row
By William Eichler | 13 April 2026
North Yorkshire Council has threatened to take legal action against York and North Yorkshire mayor David Skaith over a dispute about highways maintenance funding.
HEALTH
Streeting's health experiment
By Matthew Taylor | 13 April 2026
The health deals recently handed to mayors could resolve flaws that have dogged the NHS since its...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government must match mayoral responsibility with the resources to make it real
By Andrew Carter | 08 April 2026
A significantly expanded Mayoral Capacity Fund would allow MCAs to recruit the commercial, financ...
HEALTH
Health devolution: opportunity or distraction?
By Katherine Merrifield | 07 April 2026
It remains to be seen if giving the Mayors of Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire greater over...
PEOPLE
Sector mourns loss of 'giant of English devolution'
By Martin Ford | 02 April 2026
Tributes have been paid to the former chief executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority (G...
REORGANISATION
Councils must be empowered to set all fees and charges
By Ian Miller | 02 April 2026
Ian Miller says it’s time to end the centralism where fees and charges 'are set by Whitehall, don...
DEVOLUTION
For devo, much now rests on how Labour responds to its likely local elections drubbing
By Akash Paun | 31 March 2026
Akash Paun says the risk is that political commitment drains away the more devolution resembles h...
DEVOLUTION
Now it's time to seize the initiative
By Simon Kaye | 25 March 2026
Simon Kaye sees an opportunity for a sceptical sector to push hard for further devolution.
FINANCE
A rocket booster has been fired under the tax devo debate
By David Phillips | 23 March 2026
Letting combined authorities benefit from a share of income tax revenue growth could encourage a ...
FINANCE
Fiscal devolution would give mayors crucial levers over tax and spend
By Andrew Carter | 23 March 2026
Andrew Carter says that to guarantee cities’ autonomy and mark what the Chancellor calls a ‘genui...
GOVERNANCE
Policing reform: Opportunities and challenges
By John Czul | 20 March 2026
Jon Czul says scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners will not, in itself, improve public safety...
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