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Articles by Andy Pike
The limits of muddling through for council finances
By Andy Pike | 12 October 2026
Andy Pike looks at England’s local government finance crisis and why incremental fixes must give ...
What England can learn from Japan's approach to local government finance
By Naoki Fujiwara | 04 June 2026
Consideration of Japan’s approach to local government funding suggests possibilities for doing th...
Fixing councils' financial distress
By Andy Pike | 20 November 2024
Andy Pike and Jack Shaw examine the reasons for local authorities’ financial challenges, and say ...
Crying wolf or creaking system?
By Andy Pike | 19 December 2023
There is contention over the true scale of councils’ financial woes and what lies behind them say...
Fixing a broken PWLB
By David Marlow | 20 November 2023
The Public Works Loan Board-anchored system of council capital funding is broken, say David Marlo...
Councils' last throw of the dice
By Andy Pike | 04 September 2023
Government may believe councils’ financial failures are the result of gambling with the public pu...
The mayoral question
By Andy Pike | 26 April 2017
With just a week to go until residents in six regions take to the polls, Professor Andy Pike look...
Did the North East win true devolution?
By Andy Pike | 23 October 2015
Professor Andy Pike says today’s devolution deal for the North East reflects how national efforts...
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