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DATA

Striving for a step change on local statistics

By David Blackman | 19 March 2025

The Mayoral Data Council will provide a ‘unified voice’ in liaising with government departments. ...

Can AI reorganise local government?

By Paul Marinko | 13 March 2025

The MJ team put AI to the test to see if it could come up with workable solutions to local govern...

DEVOLUTION

Defending devolution

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2025

Devolution and reorganisation has dominated headlines and topped the agenda for many councils in ...

FINANCE

Promoting prevention

By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2025

A new report from the National Audit Office on local government financial sustainability doubles ...

REGENERATION

Corridor of Uncertainty

By David Blackman | 19 February 2025

Confirmed during the chancellor’s recent announcement, the latest revival of the Oxford to Cambri...

FINANCE

SEND's overriding problem

By Ann McGauran | 18 February 2025

A new report from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy sets out a plan to tr...

DEVOLUTION

The deal with devo

By Heather Jameson | 11 February 2025

Heather Jameson looks at the areas that will get devolution deals, but finds that the real story ...

DEVOLUTION

Destination: devolution

By David Blackman | 06 February 2025

Destination:devolution

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The growth conundrum

By Paul Marinko | 04 February 2025

Sector experts say that while the chancellor’s speech put a welcome emphasis on mayoral combined ...

FISCAL DEVOLUTION

The great fiscal debate

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2025

Ministers have withstood calls for fiscal devolution, but with local government finances in crisi...