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POLICY AND POLITICS
Healey: Fiscal devolution needed for successful cities
By Joe Lepper | 08 September 2026
Fiscal devolution is needed to ‘transfer power and resources from Whitehall to our regions’, chan...
DEVOLUTION
MPs versus mayors: The battle to be local champions
By Pete Robbins | 08 September 2026
Pete Robbins looks at the tensions between MPs and mayors vying for the affections of their voters.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Replumbing Britain's growth model: how to unlock place-based investment
By Katie Johnston | 03 September 2026
Katie Johnston looks at unlocking place-based investment by giving local leaders greater capital ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Turning public spending into national prosperity
By Alison Barker | 02 September 2026
Councils should use their collective purchasing power to strengthen British Steel, jobs and local...
PLACE-MAKING
Economic rewiring must also benefit towns
By Sarah Norman | 26 August 2026
Barnsley’s story shows why towns need long-term investment, says Sarah Norman.
PROCUREMENT
Councils urged to pool buying powers to back British steel
By Ann McGauran | 26 August 2026
The chief executive and leader of North Lincolnshire Council have written to every English counci...
PLANNING
Mayors to get planning 'call in' powers
By Paul Marinko | 24 August 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to give regional mayors powers to 'call in' major planning decisio...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Could changing the way we think about care help deliver economic growth?
By Jim McKenna | 14 August 2026
Research commissioned by Cornwall Council shows social care drives economic growth, jobs, wellbei...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Devolution: A new era for local government
By Andrew Carter | 13 August 2026
Fiscal devolution promises greater local control, stronger institutions and new opportunities to ...
TRADE DEAL
Mayors to lead more trade missions, experts predict
By Dan Peters | 04 August 2026
The UK’s first joint mayoral-led mission to India due to take place later this year is a sign of ...
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