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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Surviving the Cameron decade

By Simon Parker | 13 May 2015

The first five years of David Cameron laid the foundations for a project that local government no...

WHITEHALL

Queen's Speech must have 'Devo Manc' deal, says think tank

By Heather Jameson | 12 May 2015

The Queen’s Speech must include an Act to make the ‘Devo Manc’ deal a reality, the Centre for Cit...

FINANCE

Outgoing leader calls for unitary creation

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2015

The outgoing Conservative leader of North Yorkshire CC has called for his council to be merged wi...

WHITEHALL

SOLACE pleads for talks on 'radical devolution deals' with Clark

By Jonathan Werran | 12 May 2015

Council chiefs have written to new communities secretary Greg Clark seeking talks on ‘delivering ...

WHITEHALL

Full deal or no deal

By Andrew Carter | 11 May 2015

Andrew Carter welcomes appointment of City Deals architect Greg Clark as communities secretary bu...

WHITEHALL

Clark chosen as new communities secretary

By Jonathan Werran | 11 May 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has appointed former planning and cities minister Greg Clark as the ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Core Cities to launch devolution declaration

By MJ reporter | 06 May 2015

The Core Cities cabinet will launch a Devolution Declaration next week to encourage the next gove...

FINANCE

Why it's good to keep it local

By Bob Neill | 05 May 2015

Bob Neill argues that after the elections the case for devolving power within England must be kep...

FINANCE

Fixed-cost political opportunities?

By David Rees | 05 May 2015

Local government, which is no stranger to fixed-term administrations, should take advantage of a ...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care and the election: we need to talk about the money

By Richard Humphries | 05 May 2015

Richard Humphries warns the next government will repeat the Coalition's mistake of protecting the...