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New strategic authorities should 'embrace' disagreement
COMBINED AUTHORITY

New strategic authorities should 'embrace' disagreement

By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2025

Areas moving towards devolution deals have been advised to ‘embrace’ inevitable disagreement between councils and new strategic authorities.

DEVOLUTION

MPs should back mayors to avoid angry DINO-sores

By Mark Lloyd | 15 October 2025

Mark Lloyd argues that having promised big on decentralisation through the ‘take back control’ bi...

REORGANISATION

Reform council backs county unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 October 2025

Reform-led Warwickshire CC has backed a plan for a county unitary and a bid to join the West Midl...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Clash expected over councils' choice of devolution plans

By By Joe Lepper | 09 October 2025

Councils in Gloucestershire are expected to clash over the county’s devolution options.

DEVOLUTION

The politics of shaping place

By Annabel Smith | 07 October 2025

Annabel Smith detected a shift in focus towards local leadership at this year’s Labour Party conf...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Killian 'shocked and saddened' by Manchester synagogue attack

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2025

Local Government Association (LGA) chief executive Joanna Killian said she was ‘shocked and sadde...

EDUCATION

Beyond the call of statutory duty

By James Farr | 01 October 2025

James Farr explains why combined authorities should go the extra mile to tackle the post-16 educa...

DEVOLUTION

Counties' concern over devolution proposals

By Martin Ford | 25 September 2025

County councils have hit out at proposals to give mayors control over services like health and cr...

DEVOLUTION

Cheshire and Warrington to get first elected mayor under devolution deal

By William Eichler | 23 September 2025

A mayoral combined authority for Cheshire and Warrington is set to be established, following form...

DEVOLUTION

MPs call for further skills devolution

By Martin Ford | 23 September 2025

The Government has been urged by MPs to devolve education and training for 16 to 19-year-olds to ...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

EXCLUSIVE: LGA moves on mayors

By Dan Peters | 18 September 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) is moving towards drawing up a firmer membership offer to ...

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