REORGANISATION
Prioritising financial probity in a time of flux
By Amardeep Gill | 17 April 2025
Audit, government and scrutiny must be reformed and renewed alongside reorganisation or the risk remains of larger-scale council financial failures, say Jonathan Werran and Amardeep Gill.
DEVOLUTION
Southern power play
By Jonathan Werran | 19 March 2025
Jonathan Werran says the geographic and economic reality of a more prosperous and easily investab...
FINANCE
Finance warning amid growth fears
By Joe Lepper | 13 March 2025
Pressures on local government could become more acute amid fears of ‘lacklustre’ growth, sector e...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Ambitious plans are needed for the fix we're in
By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2025
The Plan for Growth represents continuity in that it ‘misses the target in ways uncannily reminis...
DEVOLUTION
A white paper for continuity devolution
By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2024
The ambitions of the English Devolution White Paper will need a decade of renewal rather than a s...
FUNDING
Biting the bullet on local tax transformation
By Sandy Forsyth | 11 December 2024
Localis lead researcher Sandy Forsyth sets out the political case for local funding revaluation a...
POLITICS
Call for return of public service agreements
By Dan Peters | 05 December 2024
Ministers should bring back the model of public service agreements (PSA) introduced under the pre...
TRANSFORMATION
Why southern comfort requires R&R
By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2024
Restoring strategic capacity for long-term resilience will be vital to the twin pillars of public...
FINANCE
Renewing and reforming local governance
By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2024
The case for reforming and renewing local financial governance must be made with long-term resili...
FINANCE
Call for courage over failing council finances
By By Martin Ford | 21 November 2024
‘Drastic action’ from the Government is required to shore-up councils’ finances amid multiple cri...
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