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Go North!
ECONOMIC GROWTH

Go North!

By Zoe Billingham | 04 December 2025

This Budget makes one thing clear: the Government is throwing its weight behind the North. Zoë Billingham unpacks the gains for England’s overlooked regions.

BUDGET 2025

Budget: Two-child benefit cap lifted

By Martin Ford | 26 November 2025

Abolition of the two-child benefit cap in today’s Budget has been welcomed as a ‘first step’ in t...

IMPROVEMENT

Safeguarding failure at Haringey

By William Eichler | 02 October 2025

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has exposed a major safeguarding failure at Haring...

HOUSING

ARCH plea to increase rent cap

By Neil Merrick | 01 September 2025

Councils should be able to raise tenants’ rents by up to £3 per week on top of any inflation-link...

HOUSING

Let's start with a housing-first approach to welfare

By Mo Baines | 22 July 2025

Unlike health-related prevention strategies which take decades to materialise, the rapid expansio...

HEALTH

Healthy goals bring opportunity

By Matthew Taylor | 09 July 2025

Matthew Taylor says there are many ways the 10-year plan for health could go wrong but only a sma...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Creating work, the local way

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2025

A new research programme shows how devolution can improve employment services by moving decision-...

POLITICS

Government confirms benefit climbdown

By Dan Peters | 27 June 2025

The Government has confirmed it will make major concessions to Labour rebel MPs over its planned ...

WELFARE

We can't help people if the Government keeps them in the dark

By Vic Harper | 21 May 2025

Local government needs the tools, the data, and the mandate to reach the people who are so often ...

WELFARE

Welfare: The playing field is anything but level

By Ian Greaves | 19 May 2025

The Welfare Reform Green Paper was driven by a wish to save money rather than to support disabled...

FINANCE

Only half of families aware of council tax support

By Martin Ford | 14 May 2025

Low income families are missing out on financial support schemes due to a lack of awareness, rese...

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