Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been asked by Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee asked to explain the arrangements put in place to help devolved administrations mitigate issues arising from the...
The long-awaited white paper outlining plans for further devolution in councils across England is set to be delayed, according the head of the UK2070 Commission.
Local government minister Simon Clarke said the government’s forthcoming devolution white paper will help the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The devolution of almost £2bn in disability benefits to Scotland has been put on hold to allow the health and social care sectors to focus on their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The March Budget must kick off with a devolution parliament if the government is to even begin to repair the damage caused by centralisation, argues Luke Raikes of IPPR North.
Major UK urban local authorities have urged the government to overhaul business rates and council tax systems as part of a move towards greater fiscal devolution.
Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran analyses what Boris Johnson’s big majority Conservative government will mean for devolution, economic growth and local government finances.
Investment might be flowing into local areas but poverty and inequality persist. ‘New municipalism’ is a term that has emerged as an answer to improving local economic development. Dominic Brady...
A promised social care green paper, 100% business rates retention, further devolution - local government policy has been in the realm of fantasy for some time, says the LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
The government will produce a white paper on further devolution in England, the chancellor has announced in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference today.
PF’s Dominic Brady talks to Charlotte Pickles soon after her starting as Reform’s director about justice, social care and the one-year Spending Review.
Devolution has “struggled to take root in England” compared to other UK countries, according to Akash Paun, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank.