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DEVOLUTION
First, rewire the place, then turn the lights on
By Rob Huntington | 14 October 2026
From Trumpton’s tangled wires to today’s fragmented public services, local government must join up devolution, funding and reform to improve residents’ lives, says Rob Huntington.
LGA
LGA forges 'strategic partnership' with No10 North
By Martin Ford | 13 October 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) is in talks with No10 North on developing a ‘strategic par...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Transforming children's services through devo
By Emmet Regan | 13 October 2026
Emmet Regan explores whether Rewiring the State can deliver meaningful change for those who depen...
POLICY AND POLITICS
'A denial of democracy'
By Heather Jameson | 08 October 2026
Commissioner-led intervention is ‘problematic’ and a ‘denial of local democracy’, the chief execu...
TRANSFORMATION
ICB mergers delayed due to reorganisation review
By Lee Peart | 08 October 2026
The deadline for decisions on future Integrated Care Board (ICB) footprints has been extended due...
TECHNOLOGY
EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall 'exploring' using AI to help intervention decisions
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026
Whitehall is ‘exploring’ the use of AI to help assess councils against the key risk indicators fo...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Work on Whitehall tensions tool slows under Burnham
By Dan Peters | 07 October 2026
Work on a Whitehall tool to track community tensions has slowed since the change of Prime Ministe...
HOUSING
EXCLUSIVE: Council development firm could be wound down by 2030
By Neil Merrick | 07 October 2026
A loss-making development firm formed a decade ago by Cambridgeshire CC could be wound down by 2030.
DEVOLUTION
Rewiring the state: turning central-local partnership into action
By Graeme McDonald | 06 October 2026
Graeme McDonald looks at how Whitehall and local government can turn partnership, trust and ambit...
DEVOLUTION
The devo difference
By Simon Kaye | 06 October 2026
Devolution should look different across England’s regions, writes Simon Kaye.
POLICY AND POLITICS
IFS warning over fiscal devolution
By Joe Lepper | 05 October 2026
The Government’s regional fiscal devolution agenda threatens to be blighted by regional imbalance...
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