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 Regeneration can sometimes look like decline, until it doesn't
REGENERATION

Regeneration can sometimes look like decline, until it doesn't

By Andrew Carter | 13 August 2025

Many local authorities are making brave decisions on high street renewal, often with limited resources. But they cannot, and should not, do this alone, says Andrew Carter.

PLANNING

District plea over planning powers

By Neil Merrick | 13 August 2025

District councils have appealed to ministers not to leave them out of planning decisions once fre...

TRANSFORMATION

A council on a mission

By Cllr Lisa Evans | 02 July 2025

Mission-based working is transforming Stockton-on-Tees by empowering communities and driving chan...

INVESTMENT

Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment

By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025

Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encour...

INVESTMENT

We need to concentrate on delivery

By Cllr James Lewis | 16 June 2025

'There is a risk we spend too much time talking about shiny buildings in city centres and neglect...

PROCUREMENT

The blueprints for success of council companies

By Perry Holmes | 12 June 2025

Peter Ware and Perry Holmes look at how Medway Development Company and SCAPE are shaping the futu...

HEALTH

Finding flickers of light

By Matthew Taylor | 03 June 2025

Despite the obstacles to multi-agency working, there are green shoots in joint efforts to produce...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Partnership working is essential

By Louise Gittens | 02 June 2025

By fostering stronger connections, local government can harness cutting-edge solutions, leverage ...

HOUSING

Can the Spending Review deliver for housing in the North?

By Tracy Harrison | 28 May 2025

Tracy Harrison reflects on the opportunity devolution offers for housing in the North, and what i...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The mayor necessities

By David Blackman | 28 May 2025

David Blackman talks to key sector figures on the important role the private sector can play work...

FINANCE

Reeves' review needs to spread the sunshine

By Heather Jameson | 28 May 2025

Just two weeks out from the Spending Review, chancellor Rachel Reeves will have her work cut out ...

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