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Can Burnham's devolution plan succeed?
FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Can Burnham's devolution plan succeed?

By Andrew Percy | 02 September 2026

Andrew Percy says fiscal devolution needs clear service responsibilities, accountability and sustainable funding for councils.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Nobody ever voted for a map

By Ben Page | 17 August 2026

Rewiring the State offers the most significant shift in local government for a generation, but th...

DEVOLUTION

Untangling the wires to progress

By Martin Ford | 12 August 2026

The Government has finally unveiled it proposals to ‘rewire the state’ and devolve powers to regi...

DEVOLUTION

Rewiring or short circuit?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 12 August 2026

Jonathan Carr-West looks at the obstacles the Government will have to tackle in its devolution Wh...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution: How Burnham can convert ambition into more practical, sustainable action

By Nathan Yeowell | 07 July 2026

Nathan Yeowell sets out how prospective Prime Minister Andy Burnham can turn his devolution visio...

DEVOLUTION

Making devolution deliver for the next generation

By Mirte Boot | 26 June 2026

Bold action on powers, funding and collaboration will determine whether devolution transforms com...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Where is fiscal devo going and what is the agenda for Core Cities?

By Paul Marinko | 25 June 2026

Since the chancellor announced plans for devolved income tax the question appears to have happily...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Three critical questions for fiscal devo

By Akash Paun | 24 June 2026

Fiscal devolution offers opportunities for growth, but success depends on powers, risk-sharing an...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

Government's fiscal devolution roadmap sparks fears over Treasury control

By By Martin Ford | 04 June 2026

Experts have sounded a warning over government plans to detail a ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution.

FINANCE

Is income tax assignment a step change in English devolution?

By Mark Sandford | 22 April 2026

Kevin Muldoon-Smith and Mark Sandford say assigning a share of income tax locally could strengthe...

DEVOLUTION

Future Forum North: Devolution is here to stay

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2025

Devolution ‘can feel like a marriage with no prospect of divorce’ but is ‘here to stay’, the pres...

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