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ECONOMIC GROWTH

A high Level of derision

09 February 2022

It was a crowded field last week as reaction flooded in to the long-awaited Levelling Up White Pa...

DEVOLUTION

Extending devolution beyond our city regions is a welcome move

By James Jamieson | 09 February 2022

The Local Government Association has long called for a devolution framework and the White Paper’s...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils are more than a crisis management tool

By Joe Fyans | 09 February 2022

A more collaborative approach between central and local government on the distribution of the Add...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Has cashing in been a success?

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2022

The Government has doled out millions in Additional Restrictions Grant to councils since first an...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'Leading the fourth industrial age'

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

Taking on the chief executive’s job at one of the UK’s biggest cities, Pam Smith explains to Heat...

DEVOLUTION

Still no fiscal fix

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

What is missing from the Levelling Up White Paper, can its targets can be met and how does the Go...

SOLACE

Must change always be so lacking in urgency?

By Graeme McDonald | 09 February 2022

Graeme McDonald says a devolution deal 'represents the very start of change, not an outcome in it...

COUNCIL TAX

Council tax rebate won't fix a long-broken system

By Heather Jameson | 09 February 2022

The chancellor’s decision to give a rebate of £150 to those in council tax bands A-D 'has done a ...

WHITEHALL

New accountability body 'stops short' of Audit Commission reinvention

By Heather Jameson | 08 February 2022

Plans for a body to oversee the accountability of local government stop just short of re-inventin...

FINANCE

Government sign-off required to 'unlock' UKSPF

By Martin Ford | 08 February 2022

Councils will have to draw up investment plans to access the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), the...

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