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AUTUMN BUDGET
How is the 'devolution revolution' going post-Budget?
By Dr Simon Kaye | 04 November 2024
Simplifying structures could bring clearer accountability and more ambitious devolution, but unle...
REORGANISATION
DCN: Budget's top-down reorganisation opposite of devolution
By William Eichler | 31 October 2024
Local government reorganisation poses a threat to frontline services and represents the ‘opposite...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The verdict so far
By Dr James Hickson | 31 October 2024
Ahead of the publication of a report by University of Liverpool academics reflecting on the first...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Put health at the heart of the plan
By Katherine Merrifield | 31 October 2024
A new report suggests current arrangements for devolution limit the effectiveness of action to ta...
REORGANISATION
The path to reorganisation is full of perils and pitfalls
By Heather Jameson | 30 October 2024
Heather Jameson says the path to reorganisation is not without its perils and pitfalls – 'not lea...
DEVOLUTION
Who would bet against the number of councils dropping further?
By Abdool Kara | 24 October 2024
Unless there is unexpected largesse in the chancellor’s autumn statement, who will bet against th...
FINANCE
Call for council finance taskforce
By Martin Ford | 24 October 2024
A local government finance taskforce has been proposed in a bid to reduce health inequalities.
DEVOLUTION
Minister: England's devo map must avoid 'orphan areas'
By Paul Marinko | 23 October 2024
Local government minister Jim McMahon has emphasised Labour’s determination to avoid ‘orphan area...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
The ham and eggs approach to growth
By Dr Henry Kippin | 23 October 2024
Last week, the Government produced its Industrial Strategy, but it will need a Budget, devolution...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Warm words but little in the way of answers
By Heather Jameson | 17 October 2024
Following the previous government’s focus on levelling up, the new regime is still showing its lo...
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