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Employment support devolution call

By William Eichler | 25 September 2026

Employment support should be devolved to mayoral strategic authorities and Jobcentre Plus scrappe...

Public backs devolution but wants deprived areas prioritised

By William Eichler | 25 September 2026

Devolution must deliver tangible economic change for England’s left-behind towns and neighbourhoo...

Glasgow equal pay talks collapse

By William Eichler | 25 September 2026

Equal pay talks between Glasgow City Council and trade unions have broken down.

Give mayors 5% of income tax, think-tank says

By William Eichler | 23 September 2026

Mayors should be given a 5% share of income tax revenues to shift £3.8bn a year from Whitehall an...

Sector split on direction of Government's housebuilding boost

By William Eichler | 26 August 2026

The Government’s funding boost for housebuilding has split the sector, with rural councils hittin...

Government announces £10bn to kickstart council housebuilding drive

By William Eichler | 25 August 2026

Local authority leaders have welcomed the first wave of funding from the Government's £39bn Socia...

Cumberland using EFS to fund redundancies

By William Eichler | 21 August 2026

Cumberland Council is using £11.83m of rescheduled exceptional financial support (EFS) to fund a ...

Oldham chief remains in charge as council remains leaderless

By William Eichler | 21 August 2026

Oldham Council is to write to the secretary of state Angela Rayner after councillors again failed...

Reform calls on Burnham to give councils asylum powers

By William Eichler | 22 July 2026

Reform UK has written to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham demanding local authorities be given the...

Welsh Government's council funding formula relies on 'outdated data'

By William Eichler | 16 July 2026

The way the Welsh Government allocates funding to councils is partly out of date and does not alw...

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