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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: Council tax, levies and local accountability
By Iain Murray | 01 December 2025
The Budget announcements on the ‘mansion tax’, the visitor levy and SEND suggested a system stuck...
BUDGET 2025
Budget: Mayors to get tourist tax powers
By William Eichler | 26 November 2025
England’s regional mayors will soon have the power to introduce a levy on overnight stays in hote...
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 powe...
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...
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