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EXCLUSIVE: LGA vice-chair calls for devolution boundary review
POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: LGA vice-chair calls for devolution boundary review

By Dan Peters | 30 July 2026

A vice-chair of the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for the geographies of the ‘less successful’ strategic authorities to be reviewed before further devolution happens.

DEVOLUTION

Making devolution deliver for the next generation

By Mirte Boot | 26 June 2026

Bold action on powers, funding and collaboration will determine whether devolution transforms com...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Reeves' fiscal devolution must be ambitious and impactful

30 April 2026

Interim head of IPPR North, Mirte Boot, says chancellor Rachel Reeves has offered an opportunity ...

IPPR NORTH

Devolution must be felt tangibly by communities

By Zoe Billingham | 05 March 2026

Government and local authorities should use the ongoing process of reorganisation to revive democ...

DEVOLUTION

The visitor levy has the potential to be the start of a cultural shift in Government

By Zoe Billingham | 13 January 2026

Mayors will always be ultimately under the control of government without some financial freedom, ...

FUNDING

Call to close culture funding gap

By Martin Ford | 17 July 2025

London receives twice as much culture funding as the North, research by a think-tank has found.

FUNDING

The Government is getting it

By Zoe Billingham | 24 June 2025

All in all, the Government is getting it, says Zoë Billingham. ‘Improving living standards in eve...

SCRUTINY

Scrutiny warning over mayors

By Martin Ford | 08 May 2025

Scrutiny risks being left behind as mayors’ powers grow, a think-tank has warned.

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