Devolution

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial offer to restrict radical devolution deals solely to ar...

CORE CITIES

Early Clark optimism dampened by Osborne's mayoral drive

By Heather Jameson | 20 May 2015

Despite the widely held belief that Greg Clark’s appointment as communities secretary would heral...

WHITEHALL

Auditor: DCLG must take charge of devolution agenda

By Dan Peters | 20 May 2015

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) needs to take charge of the devolution...

Island councils demand commitment on devolved decision-making

By MJ reporter | 20 May 2015

Scotland’s three island councils have called for an early meeting with the new secretary of state...

FINANCE

Devo to aid spend for working-age people

By MJ reporter | 20 May 2015

Further devolution of welfare budgets from Whitehall to local level is necessary if reduced benef...

FINANCE

We need more detail on what's to come

By Andrew Burns | 20 May 2015

Director of finance and resources at Staffordshire CC, Andrew Burns, hopes for more detail about ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Solihull caves to Westminster combined authority pressure

By Dan Peters | 20 May 2015

A council accused of dragging its feet over moves to create a West Midlands combined authority is...

FINANCE

Full steam ahead for devolution

By Michael Burton | 19 May 2015

On the same day last week that the Chancellor announced legislation to implement the next stage o...

WHITEHALL

Key to the metropolitan question

By Howard Davis | 19 May 2015

Given political consensus on combined authorities, Steve Leach and Howard Davis analyse the impli...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Trickle-down devolution won't work

By Adam Fineberg | 19 May 2015

As constructed, the Government’s devolution plans just promote greater complexity and further man...

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