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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Harnessing defence in Hunts
By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2025
As Huntingdonshire grapples with reorganisation, the district council is working hard to ensure u...
CORE CITIES
Chancellor's continued focus on growth and visitor levies is welcome
By Cllr James Lewis | 02 December 2025
Cllr James Lewis hopes the success of visitor levies gives Treasury officials the confidence to l...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Key Cities seek funding that reflects real pressures
By Cllr John Merry | 01 December 2025
Support for regional growth is welcome, but more must be done to address real pressures facing lo...
BUDGET 2025
Rachel Reeves: The Queen of fiscal drag
By Mike Emmerich | 28 November 2025
The chancellor may have done respectably on putting the public finances on a more secure long-ter...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Putting stability in the spotlight
By Dan Corry | 28 November 2025
Dan Corry says that if the measures in the Budget can lead to some stability that allows growth t...
AUTUMN BUDGET
Councils must speak out on increasing tax-raising powers
By Rob Whiteman CBE | 19 November 2025
As Rob Whiteman spells out local government’s three Budget priorities, he makes it clear: council...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
There are signs of progress with closing the cities productivity gap with London
By Andrew Carter | 17 November 2025
Closing the gap between London and big cities outside the capital is vital to delivering broad-ba...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A new government front door for local impact
By Bramwell Blower | 14 November 2025
Bramwell Blower asks if the Government’s new Office for the Impact Economy can help business and ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed refuses to rule out fresh planning legislation
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Fresh planning legislation could be tabled to strip back environmental protections in an effort t...
FINANCE
Putting local government in the Budget driving seat: Leaning on the dream
By Mike Emmerich | 04 November 2025
Asked for his fantasy Budget, Mike Emmerich suggests we should ‘plan for the national big stuff’ ...
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