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PLANNING
Ex-minister calls for scrapping of quango
By Jamie Hailstone | 08 December 2014
A Conservative MP will today call for the Planning Inspectorate to be scrapped to help protect vi...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A worrying trend towards self-sufficiency
By Frances Foster | 05 December 2014
Treasurer of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, Frances Foster, on the unfairne...
FINANCE
Risks of retrenchment
By Andrew Jepp | 04 December 2014
The big risk to local government is that as cutbacks reduce services further, they expose themsel...
WHITEHALL
Osborne pushes through housing plan
By Tom Bridge | 03 December 2014
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed major reforms designed to speed up house building and the...
FINANCE
Roads spending at heart of infrastructure plan
By Dominic Browne | 03 December 2014
A £15bn spending plan for the strategic road network was at the heart of the infrastructure strat...
FINANCE
What does the Autumn Statement mean for cities?
By Andrew Carter | 01 December 2014
Andrew Carter suggests some of the brave next steps a chancellor should commit to in seeking to b...
FINANCE
Let's work together
By Lawrence Conway | 18 November 2014
Districts and counties have similar priorities, and collaboration is key, writes Lawrence Conway.
WHITEHALL
Tees Valley combined authority to share with LEP
By Dan Peters | 14 November 2014
Tees Valley’s five local councils have announced a consultation on a combined authority that woul...
WHITEHALL
Call for fiscal and political devolution to come 'hand in hand'
By Dan Peters | 12 November 2014
Fiscal and political devolution must come ‘hand in hand’, The Infrastructure Forum has said in it...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Stark warning for shires amid devolution plans
By Jamie Hailstone | 12 November 2014
An independent report has warned England’s shire counties must not get left behind in the race to...
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