Mayors

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2023

Mark Rogers has been appointed as the interim chief officer of the East Midlands devolution progr...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

Further Government defeats in Lords over levelling up Bill

By Martin Ford | 14 July 2023

Conservative peer Baroness McIntosh received cross-party approval for her proposed amendment to e...

BUSINESS RATES

Combined talents

By Amardeep Gill | 20 June 2023

Combined authorities are the default option for optimal devolution – but Amardeep Gill and Jonath...

DEVOLUTION

Blueprint for a mayor

By Megan Ingle | 13 June 2023

Ed Hammond and Megan Ingle reflect on good mayoral governance and the attributes that make for an...

LEGAL

Aslyum barges plan branded 'cynical and repugnant'

By Martin Ford | 08 June 2023

A council leader has attacked plans to house asylum seekers on barges in ports.

NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE

Tory MPs block Teesside statutory inquiry

By Mark Whitehead | 08 June 2023

The Government has rejected a call by Labour MPs for a statutory inquiry into a controversial Tee...

DEVOLUTION

Labour blocks Driscoll mayoral bid

05 June 2023

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll has been blocked by Labour from standing as the party’s mayora...

Delivering through the toughest of times

By Volodymyr Shmatko | 01 June 2023

In the first of a series of articles, Volodymyr Shmatko, the Mayor of Chortkiv, a small city in U...

EDUCATION

Greater Manchester unveils skills devolution plan

By Martin Ford | 15 May 2023

The shape of skills devolution in the trailblazer devolution deals has been outlined by Greater M...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Districts hit back at compulsory unitarisation call

By Martin Ford | 11 May 2023

District councils have defended their role in revitalising local economies after a think-tank adv...

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