Devolution

By Dan Peters | 08 January 2015

Liverpool’s elected mayor has accused the Tories of ‘kicking the shit’ out of local government an...

FINANCE

Betts warns of tax system 'collapse'

By Dan Peters | 06 January 2015

The chair of the communities and local government committee has called for a revaluation as part ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

NE businesses call for Barnett fund reforms

By Jamie Hailstone | 06 January 2015

Business leaders in the North East have added their voice to calls for the Barnett formula to be ...

FINANCE

That was the year that was

By Michael Burton | 06 January 2015

It was the year of devolution, combined authorities, rows over the Better Care Fund and Eric Pick...

FINANCE

Time to get real

By David Walker | 06 January 2015

Councillors must confront residents with the fiscal reality of national spending decisions ahead ...

FINANCE

Miliband pledges to end a 'century of centralisation'

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband reiterated his promise to devolve powers, as part of a major speech out...

Councils clash over Merseyside elected mayor

By Dan Peters | 02 January 2015

Members of the Liverpool City Region combined authority are at loggerheads over whether they shou...

WHITEHALL

Amid the cuts, let's toast to local devolved government in 2015

By Heather Jameson | 16 December 2014

And so we reach the end of the year and, despite the predictions of Armageddon that have characte...

DEVOLUTION

Parties draw lines over EVEL

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Dividing lines over how to answer the English Votes for English Laws (EVEL) question have been dr...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Three-prong devo deal planned

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 December 2014

Three county councils are working together for the first ‘combined authority’ partnership of its ...

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