Devolution

By Neil McInroy | 07 October 2020

The pandemic has not resulted in the big changes required to protect health and drive widespread ...

REORGANISATION

Unitary aims to set standard for devo deals

By Martin Ford | 06 October 2020

Buckinghamshire Council is to reveal proposals for a devolution deal that it hopes will become a ...

PLANNING

It's time for Government to level up

By Lord Kerslake | 06 October 2020

There's still time to avoid levelling up becoming Boris Johnson’s Big Society, writes Sir Bob Ker...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making it local – real reform over reorganisation

By Alex Parmley | 06 October 2020

By putting reform ahead of re-organisation in Somerset, the districts have developed a case for c...

WHITEHALL

Javid calls for 'fresh look at local government'

By Michael Burton | 05 October 2020

Former communities secretary Sajid Javid has called for a ‘fresh look at local government’.

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Two challenges for councils

By Professor Mark Thompson | 30 September 2020

Professor Mark Thompson believes that while a focus on reducing duplication and waste in the curr...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Let's fix our connectivity dysfunction

By Jessica Studdert | 30 September 2020

The Government is used to operating in broadcast mode rather than engaging in ongoing dialogue wi...

Why devolution resonates with the public

By Professor Edward Cartwright | 30 September 2020

The centre-local disconnect has become starker during COVID-19 – but a survey shows the public d...

WHITEHALL

Unitary 'mayhem' has failed to arrive thus far

By Ben Page | 30 September 2020

The public may care often care a lot about key local services but aren't so interested in the str...

BUSINESS RATES

Central government needs to stand back

By Jonathan Carr-West | 30 September 2020

Dr Jonathan Carr-West asks if anyone has any sense of a sustained strategic focus on tackling the...

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