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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Hidden problems of devo start to emerge

By Sam Clayden | 08 March 2016

The consequences of devolution should be allowed to run their course but highlight a bigger probl...

WHITEHALL

9 in 10 Northern Powerhouse department mandarins work in London

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2016

Nine in 10 core policy civil servants working for the Government department in charge of the Nort...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

More devolution to fast-growth cities needed

By Tom Bridge | 08 March 2016

Britain’s five ‘fast-growth cities’ need to be higher on the devolution agenda or risk economic s...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA ramps up Housing Bill attack

By Sam Clayden | 03 March 2016

Council leaders have ramped up their efforts to lobby Whitehall on the Housing and Planning Bill ...

WHITEHALL

Greater transparency can save devolution from 'stalling'

By Sam Clayden | 03 March 2016

Devolution is unsustainable and will falter without greater transparency in decision making, acco...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Prospect of transport battle between city region and county

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2016

Two districts have called for transport powers to be wrestled away from North Yorkshire CC if the...

WHITEHALL

'Give infrastructure body greater powers,' says CBI

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 March 2016

Business leaders have called on the Government to give the National Infrastructure Commission str...

WHITEHALL

Cross-party resistance grows over housing policy

By Tom Bridge | 01 March 2016

Opposition is mounting over government plans for starter homes, as a poll reveals cross-party res...

FINANCE

Droning on

01 March 2016

Some might say it was only a matter of time before a local authority mooted replacing its elected...

WHITEHALL

Caps on exit payments branded 'unduly punitive'

By Sam Clayden | 01 March 2016

Changes to government policy on public sector exit payments are ‘unduly punitive,’ according to t...

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