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MAYORS
Mayor bemoans 'wasted' eight years
By Martin Ford | 03 December 2025
West of England mayor Helen Godwin has said the region has been held back by her predecessors in the office.
REORGANISATION
Doing devo digitally
By Callin McLinden | 03 December 2025
Local government reorganisation's digital moment is really about people, parity, and shaping the ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Top table call for IT leads
By Joe Lepper | 03 December 2025
Council IT leads need a ‘seat at the top table’ to ensure local government reorganisation is not ...
BUDGET 2025
Responsibility without autonomy
By Jonathan Carr-West | 02 December 2025
Despite the Government’s promises of devolution, the Budget treated councils as mere delivery age...
DEVOLUTION
Kent in 'devolution desert' warning
By Dan Peters | 28 November 2025
All 14 of Kent’s council leaders have warned ministers of the risk of the county becoming a ‘devo...
POLICY AND POLITICS
EXCLUSIVE: Unitaries to fight over funding after fair funding decision
By By Martin Ford | 27 November 2025
Fears have been raised local government could ‘tear itself apart’ over funding for new unitary au...
DEVOLUTION
Devo Bill 'snatches' power upwards
By Dan Peters | 26 November 2025
Power is being ‘snatched upwards and away from local voices’ by the English Devolution and Commun...
COVID INQUIRY
After the Covid Inquiry: It's time for serious devolution
By Vijay K Luthra | 26 November 2025
Devolution is a resilience issue after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, say Patrick Diamond and Vijay K L...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Policing reform shouldn't be piecemeal
By Sir Bob Neill | 26 November 2025
The abolition of police and crime commissioners is a start, but no substitute for the scale of re...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed U-turn over committee system abolition
By Neil Merrick | 25 November 2025
Local authorities that already use the committee system will be allowed to retain it under strict...
CULTURE
If devolution is about identity, culture must be in the script
By Stephen Crocker | 24 November 2025
Culture must be part of the devolution playbook if the new Norfolk & Suffolk Combined Authority i...
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