Devolution

By Martin Ford | 23 November 2021

Reform of council tax, including devolved powers for local authorities, are among the plans in a ...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

CCN conference: LEPs look set to be scrapped

22 November 2021

Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) look set to be scrapped after levelling up secretary Michael...

INFRASTRUCTURE

HS2 cuts will 'hold back the north'

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2021

Dozens of council leaders have united to tell the Prime Minister the watering down of rail invest...

Levelling up locally to bridge the divides

By Paul Swinney | 17 November 2021

What kind of plan should the levelling up White Paper set out, and where will urban leaders and t...

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

Getting our economies growing

By Cllr Tim Oliver | 17 November 2021

Focused on levelling up, finance, social care, local economies, climate change and the ongoing ch...

HEALTH

Levelling up - slogan or strategy?

By Cllr George Duggins | 12 November 2021

If an area is deprived and needs investment it shouldn’t have to pit itself against neighbouring ...

FINANCE

Can we have both levelling up and devo?

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2021

Levelling up local government finance needs a more centralised system of funding, says Heather Ja...

BUSINESS

Minister tells councils price of devolution

By Dan Peters | 08 November 2021

Levelling up minister Neil O’Brien has told councils they will have to improve their ‘governance,...

HEALTH

Putting districts firmly in the spotlight

By Martin Ford | 02 November 2021

There’s a new direction at the District Councils’ Network as Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen and James Hoo...

DEVOLUTION

The 'sticky' stuff

By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2021

Local government has a battle on its hand with ministers to convince it can make policy cohere at...

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