Transport

By Dan Peters | 01 September 2023

The devolution of vehicle excise duty (VED) will be among the options expected to be considered b...

CLIMATE CHANGE

City Hall accused of countering science on ULEZ

By Ellie Ames | 22 August 2023

Sadiq Khan’s office has been accused of trying to counter scientists who suggested London's ultra...

PAY

The inflation situation

By Ann McGauran | 08 August 2023

Inflationary pressures are taking their toll on councils’ services and balance sheets, with furth...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Forging consensus around tough transitions must be done locally

By Jessica Studdert | 08 August 2023

With the role of London's ULEZ in the Uxbridge by-election in the spotlight, Jessica Studdert say...

HEALTH

A rallying cry for subsidiarity

By Tim Knox | 31 July 2023

The new cross-party Effective Governance Forum’s belief is that power should be devolved to the ‘...

Ticket offices hit the buffers

By Baroness Sharon Taylor OBE | 17 July 2023

With a minimal 21-day consultation, 1,000 railway ticket offices around the country will be close...

FINANCE

Power through partnership

By Tom Riordan | 04 July 2023

More than a decade after the Commission on the Future of Local Government, and as we advance towa...

AUDIT

Active travel hampered by 'low capability and ambition'

By Mark Whitehead | 07 June 2023

Council leaders have defended active travel measures after auditors found more than half of counc...

BUSINESS

Levelling up and devolution 'still too slow'

By Michael Burton | 23 May 2023

The gap between the highest and lowest ranked UK cities is narrowing but levelling up and devolut...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The 'can do' council

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2023

The young leader of Broxbourne BC, Lewis Cocking, talks to Dan Peters about his firm focus on eco...

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