The Barnett formula is increasingly regarded as no longer fit for purpose. A recent report from the Northern Ireland Assembly helps make the case for a needs-based approach.
Businesses in the North overwhelmingly back the Northern Powerhouse but are urging the government to be more radical on devolution of transport and infrastructure spending.
Any reforms to business rates must change the process for appeals against property valuations in order to protect councils from “speculative” reviews, the Local Government Association has said today.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has claimed that Scottish National Party demands for Holyrood to take over full responsibility for Scotland’s public finances would be a “shambles”...
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has warned that public services in the province could suffer if a deal of welfare reform is not struck, derailing the £2bn Stormont House Agreement.
Chancellor George Osborne has urged cities in the Midlands to develop plans for metro mayors so that powers over health and social care, transport, housing and skills can be devolved to combined...
A leading credit agency has said that government plans to devolve powers to the nations and city regions could have an impact on the UK’s fiscal framework and credit rating.
Counties that form combined authorities could be able to access a range of additional powers from Whitehall, the government’s Devolution Bill has indicated, but only if they appoint directly...
The Queen’s Speech has delivered on the UK government’s pledge of early legislation to enact the fiscal devolution proposed by the Smith Commission, but gives no indication that David...
Today’s confirmation of a City Devolution Bill should be the starting point for devolution go both further and wider across the country. The government should set out a roadmap to turn devolution...
The Smith Commission plans for further fiscal devolution, due for implementation in legislation to be outlined in tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech, could leave Scotland in a worse economic state...
George Osborne has been warned that making elected mayors a precondition for city devolution presents an ‘impossibly high hurdle’ in some areas and could even derail his Northern Powerhouse plans.
The Local Government Association has called on government to give councils two years to form into groups or combined authorities for devolution from Whitehall. But it said ministers should not impose...
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire county councils are to form a groundbreaking alliance to seek devolved powers to boost economic growth.
Jim O’Neill, the leading economist who has called for a major programme of devolution to the UK’s cities to boost economic growth, has been named as a Treasury minister in David Cameron’s government...
Chancellor George Osborne has set out plans for a process of devolution to cities across England, but will insist on the creation of elected mayors before Whitehall hands powers to councils.
Ten of the UK’s largest cities have today launched a ‘devolution declaration’ setting out demands for the new government to deliver on city devolution.
Scotland could become one of the world’s five richest nations over the next quarter century if it gains full fiscal autonomy, according to a report from a pro-independence business-led think...
Councils want the momentum towards devolution to be maintained after the election. But there are risks attached to handling the bigger budgets involved