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WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Districts down over levelling up details

By Dan Peters | 15 February 2022

Disappointed district councils will make their case to the Government next week after the Levelli...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

It's time for local leaders to unleash their creativity on levelling up

By Marc Kidson | 09 February 2022

The lack of a central roadmap in the Levelling Up White Paper offers a unique opportunity to loca...

DEVOLUTION

Show us the money

By Cllr John Merry | 09 February 2022

The Government’s levelling up ambitions are welcome but will need substantial long-term funding i...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

What a data-driven Levelling Up White Paper could have looked like

09 February 2022

Dr Nicola Headlam considers what the Levelling Up White Paper might have looked like if it had be...

DEVOLUTION

Extending devolution beyond our city regions is a welcome move

By James Jamieson | 09 February 2022

The Local Government Association has long called for a devolution framework and the White Paper’s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Leading the fourth industrial age'

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

Taking on the chief executive’s job at one of the UK’s biggest cities, Pam Smith explains to Heat...

DEVOLUTION

Still no fiscal fix

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

What is missing from the Levelling Up White Paper, can its targets can be met and how does the Go...

SOLACE

Must change always be so lacking in urgency?

By Graeme McDonald | 09 February 2022

Graeme McDonald says a devolution deal 'represents the very start of change, not an outcome in it...

COUNCIL TAX

Council tax rebate won't fix a long-broken system

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

The chancellor’s decision to give a rebate of £150 to those in council tax bands A-D 'has done a ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

You can't level up from Whitehall

By Sarah Longlands | 07 February 2022

The Levelling up White Paper spent a lot of time talking about ancient history, but will do littl...

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Director, Local Government Reform and Devolution

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