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POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Burnham wish for new settlement with sector
By Dan Peters | 10 September 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told council leaders he wants to ‘create a new settlement between central and local’.
POLICY AND POLITICS
Healey: Fiscal devolution needed for successful cities
By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026
Fiscal devolution is needed to ‘transfer power and resources from Whitehall to our regions’, chan...
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 sust...
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.
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