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WHITEHALL
English Devolution Bill calls dismissed
By Dan Peters | 03 June 2019
The Government has dismissed calls for an English Devolution Bill in the first Queen’s Speech aft...
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
MHCLG failure to recruit chief scientific adviser 'astounding'
By Mike Yuille | 03 June 2019
An ongoing failure by Marsham Street to recruit a Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) is ‘astounding,’...
WHITEHALL
IFS warns of stark choices on council finances
By Heather Jameson | 29 May 2019
Government faces a stark choice between giving councils more cash or accepting fewer services, th...
FINANCE
Regional imbalances match the Euro-election results
By Michael Burton | 28 May 2019
Michael Burton says on regional unfairness IPPR North makes a good point - 'the stark ONS figur...
FINANCE
Redistribution call after imbalance findings
By Michael Burton | 28 May 2019
A think-tank has called for a redistribution of public investment from London to England’s poorer...
FINANCE
Council tax system needs 'fundamental reform'
By Dan Peters | 16 May 2019
The council tax system is ‘highly regressive and unsustainable,’ and needs ‘fundamental reform,’ ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Local government should factor in inequalities review
By Michael Burton | 15 May 2019
The UK's policy vacuum has been left to think-tanks, noticeably the Institute for Fiscal Studies ...
WHITEHALL
Whiteman calls for fair funding review delay
By Heather Jameson | 14 May 2019
The fair funding review should be delayed until after the Spending Review, finance expert Rob Whi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Delay to Northamptonshire reorganisation welcomed
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019
Council leaders have welcomed the year-long delay to plans to create two new unitaries in Northam...
DEVOLUTION
Call for councils to be at centre of new second chamber
By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019
A former first minister (FM) has called for ‘disempowered’ local authorities to be put at the cen...
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- Reform pledges to proritise Green councils for immigration detention centres
- Warning over financial risks faced by children's care providers
- Reorganisation: For councils, 'business as usual' matters as we look to the future
- Legal threat over council reorganisation in Hampshire
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