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Strength in numbers

By Robert Gordon | 03 September 2015

Local diversity is welcome but there will need to be national core elements to devolution, says R...

BUSINESS

We can close the productivity gap

By Sir Richard Leese | 03 September 2015

On 11 September Core Cities leaders and mayors will gather in London to launch two major reports ...

WHITEHALL

Government has mixed message on devolution

By Paul Lankester | 03 September 2015

Reflecting on recent government documents, the difference in approach is paramount between two of...

SOCIAL CARE

Talking the talk

By Jonathan Carr-West | 03 September 2015

The way we use language makes a difference, and local authorities can benefit more than most, say...

HEALTH

Time to focus on our skills shortage - not immigration

By Michael Burton | 03 September 2015

The ‘debate’ about immigration sparked by last week’s record figures is not so much an exchange o...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The spending war has only just begun

By Heather Jameson | 03 September 2015

Today is D-Day – the deadline day for devolution bids to be submitted to the Secretary of State.

WHITEHALL

Is London local government capable of dealing with devo?

By Gareth Thomas | 19 August 2015

The London Assembly is too often forgotten about in the debate over the capital's future, writes ...

HEALTH

Delay alone won't solve our problems

By Cllr Izzi Secombe | 18 August 2015

Delaying a proposed cap on the cost of care will prove to be a hard move for the Government to ma...

WHITEHALL

Campaign in poetry, govern in prose

By Michael Burton | 18 August 2015

The phrase, ‘campaign in poetry, govern in prose’ attributed to New York governor Mario Cuomo has...

BUSINESS

Districts should welcome Sunday trading powers

By Ian Miller | 18 August 2015

One of the policy announcements in the Summer Budget was a proposal to devolve decision-making on...