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POLICY AND POLITICS
Reed lobbies Treasury over fiscal devolution
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2025
Local government secretary Steve Reed has made the case to the Treasury for devolving fiscal powers ahead of the Budget.
DEVOLUTION
Tourist tax could pave way to greater fiscal devolution
By Martin Ford | 28 October 2025
Enabling mayors in England to levy tourist taxes could pave the way for greater fiscal devolution...
MAYORS
Metro mayors show what real change looks like
By Andrew Carter | 30 September 2025
Andrew Carter says that as national politicians debate abstract promises, metro mayors are delive...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Dear secretary of state - part 1
By Dr Simon Kaye | 30 September 2025
Secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Steve Reed, has a lot on his pl...
DEVOLUTION
Stronger devo can solve the London problem
By Patrick Diamond | 23 September 2025
Relationships between the capital and Whitehall may have improved but its underpowered mayoralty ...
DEVOLUTION
There are ways to improve the Devo Bill
By Zoe Billingham | 29 August 2025
Devolution is heading in the right direction but still needs to mature and go further, says Zoë B...
FINANCE
Getting fiscal devolution right
By Luke Raikes | 28 August 2025
Luke Raikes says local tax powers can help revive the places Whitehall abandoned, and he proposes...
POLICY
Call for tourism tax to help reverse austerity
By Izzy Lepone | 06 August 2025
The introduction of a tourist tax would help reverse austerity’s ‘heavy toll’ on councils, the Au...
DEVOLUTION
Local government needs genuine devo
By Louise Gittins | 25 July 2025
The Local Government Association 'supports devolution where governance is local by default, with ...
FINANCE
Let the electorate decide what they are willing to pay for
By Heather Jameson | 24 July 2025
'Fiscal devolution – particularly for council tax – has a lot going for it', says Heather Jameson.
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
On the right path to fiscal devo
By Alun Hughes | 16 July 2025
Government accepts the fiscal devolution principle, says Alun Hughes, and he argues that a County...
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