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DEVOLUTION
Strategic authorities: Swerving the 'screw up'
By Paul Marinko | 13 October 2026
The Government’s commitment to a roll out of powerful strategic authorities across the country is in little doubt, but as the sector awaits a string of key announcements to put more flesh on the bo...
AIR QUALITY
Breathing life into the air quality debate
By Daniel Grieve | 05 October 2026
Daniel Grieve says local action has cleaned England’s air, but councils now need funding and a fr...
FISCAL DEVOLUTION
Transferring power out of Whitehall: Don't devolve fiscal risk when 'rewiring'
By Mark Morrin | 01 October 2026
Mark Morrin says carefully designed fiscal devolution must combine meaningful local control with ...
LOCALIS
Rewiring the state: Shock treatment for councils?
By Steve Leach | 01 October 2026
Colin Copus and Steve Leach ask if a rewired state will lead local government to blow a fuse.
DEVOLUTION
Strategic authorities: Staying off the ropes
By Dan Peters | 29 September 2026
Dan Peters assesses Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority’s progress under mayor Luke Campbe...
DEVOLUTION
Racing toward transformation
By Matthew Taylor | 29 September 2026
Matthew Taylor looks at the hurdles that must be cleared to achieve the Government’s devolution a...
DEVOLUTION
Devolution must reach the councils that deliver
By Cllr Jason Perry | 29 September 2026
Devolution must give local authorities the powers, funding and accountability to deliver, says ex...
NEIGHBOURHOOD HEALTH
Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep
By Mark Heffernan | 28 September 2026
If the Government wants to put power closer to people, it must confront the health inequalities t...
SCOTLAND
Scots structure plans opens the door to debate
By Heather Jameson | 24 September 2026
If the Scottish Government's plans for council reorganisation offer 'a community led, economicall...
POLICY
A certain view of local government
By Jonathan Werran | 23 September 2026
Jonathan Werran looks at how local government could gain inspiration from General Charles de Gaul...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
What it will really take to Rewire the State
By Dawn Plimmer | 21 September 2026
Three things are needed now for public service reform at scale, say Sarah Gillinson and Dawn Plim...
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