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Articles by Mike Emmerich
Rachel Reeves: The Queen of fiscal drag
By Mike Emmerich | 28 November 2025
The chancellor may have done respectably on putting the public finances on a more secure long-ter...
Putting local government in the Budget driving seat: Leaning on the dream
By Mike Emmerich | 04 November 2025
Asked for his fantasy Budget, Mike Emmerich suggests we should ‘plan for the national big stuff’ ...
Devolution goes mainstream? Definitely Maybe
By Mike Emmerich | 11 July 2025
As the government gave devolution a supersonic boost with the launch of the bill, Mike Emmerich l...
How great city regions can shine again
By Mike Emmerich | 20 May 2025
More of the ‘good London effect’ is needed in more of the country, without the bad capital city e...
Spring Statement: An opportunity not taken
By Mike Emmerich | 28 March 2025
Mike Emmerich says the chancellor avoided a chance to use the Spring Statement to change the fisc...
What about the long term?
By Mike Emmerich | 31 January 2025
Mike Emmerich casts an eye over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ economic reset
Reeves's giant leap
By Mike Emmerich | 01 November 2024
Councils must ensure the Government implements the investments it has promised, and that public a...
Getting ahead of the growth plan game
By Mike Emmerich | 25 June 2024
As the sector gears up for a new government, it’s time to put together investable proposals for s...
Ready for a bright new dawn?
By Mike Emmerich | 26 March 2024
Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture represented a clear shift away from New Labour towards an active stat...
Time to get serious about migration
By Mike Emmerich | 26 August 2023
Mike Emmerich unpicks the complex world issues driving migration to the UK, and says local leader...
- Grey belt countryside warning
- Districts should look carefully at the creation of new town and city councils
- Complex Whitehall funding system marred pandemic support, inquiry hears
- Future Forum North: NHS Confederation chief says ICBs 'doomed' without thinking change
- Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation
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