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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Innovation needs place leadership to deliver lasting growth
By Caroline Green | 08 June 2026
Transformational innovation can drive jobs and prosperity, but only if councils create the condit...
DEVOLUTION
Government must invest in sector's capacity and agency
By Mo Baines | 08 June 2026
Mo Baines argues that councils’ crucial role as convenors of economic stakeholders and partnershi...
DEVOLUTION
Building trust, capacity and accountability in England's strategic authorities
By Sandy Forsyth | 04 June 2026
To address the complexities in the evolution of strategic authorities, devolution needs to work b...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution could 'deepen regional imbalances'
By Martin Ford | 03 June 2026
The Government’s chosen path of devolution could make regional inequality in England worse, a thi...
EMPLOYMENT
Finding a NEET solution
By Tom Stannard | 02 June 2026
The interim report of the Milburn Review revealed the stark reality of youth unemployment. Tom St...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Three ways to help opposition councillors play their role effectively
By Piali Das Gupta | 27 May 2026
The importance of opposition councillors should not be underestimated, writes Piali Das Gupta. He...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Manchesterism owes more to joint working than to one man
By Heather Jameson | 21 May 2026
Manchesterism is 'not what Burnham has achieved, it is what the combined partnership working of l...
POLICY AND POLITICS
The public will accept straight talk from politicians so long as there is a rationale
By Michael Burton | 20 May 2026
By claiming the public could have both high public spending and low taxes, the main parties opene...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Exclusive: Tory grandee blasts current Government's regeneration and LGR plans
By Heather Jameson | 15 May 2026
Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has launched a scathing criticism of the current Government’s reorgan...
REGENERATION
Regeneration: Hiding in plain sight
By David Godfrey | 15 May 2026
Spatial planning and a development corporation – or similar mechanism – are crucial to realising ...
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Director of Transport and Climate
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Director of Planning, Economy and Public Protection
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