Devolution

04 July 2017

Reaching agreement across party lines at a time of continuing budget pressures will not always be...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Sector 'lacks vision' for devo

By Sam Clayden | 04 July 2017

Local government has been criticised for failing to present a compelling vision of decentralisati...

DCLG

Sector 'lacks vision' for devo

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2017

Local government has been criticised for failing to present a compelling vision of decentralisati...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Full county devolution could be perfect tonic

By Paul Carter | 04 July 2017

The Government should be ambitious and seriously consider full fiscal devolution to county areas,...

FINANCE

Simmonds beats Carter to lead LGA Tories

By Dan Peters | 30 June 2017

Hillingdon LBC’s deputy leader has seen off competition from the County Councils’ Network’s chair...

FINANCE

Dawn Baxendale: Chiefs have lost their public service raison d'être

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017

Dawn Baxendale speaks to Sam Clayden about how Southampton City Council – and local government as...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Watering the seed of a stronger local democracy

By Carl Whistlecraft | 28 June 2017

The recommendations in the Kirklees Democracy Commission could help shape how both local and nati...

WHITEHALL

City deals among promises in DUP-Conservative deal

By Mark Conrad | 26 June 2017

Fresh devolved powers for Northern Ireland form a key part of today’s £1bn deal between the minor...

We need a public inquiry into our national politicians

By Michael Burton | 21 June 2017

Occasionally a crisis will happen that exposes our trust in the competence of politicians to be e...

HEALTH

Surrey Heartlands in GM-style health devo deal

By Dan Peters | 16 June 2017

A Greater Manchester-style devolution deal has been struck in Surrey Heartlands.

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