Mayors can provide an answer to the questions of accountability raised by devolution, but they are not the only solution. These decisions should be informed by what works for local places, not by the...
The move to give Greater Manchester control of health spending is closer to delegation than devolution because of Whitehall’s reluctance to relinquish power, a review by the Institute for Public...
The interim mayor of Greater Manchester Tony Lloyd has called for the powers and investment in towns, cities and regions across the whole of England to be boosted as part of a devolution drive.
Greg Clark has set out a “continuous devolution” plan to boost the role of local councils so they become equal partners with Westminster in the governance of the country.
Potential fiscal, economic and social benefits should be assessed when reforming services, and an analysis tool developed in Greater Manchester can help with this
Current government plans to boost the economies of cities across the north of England are “piecemeal, partial and parochial” and a new plan is needed to reinvigorate the Northern Powerhouse, a report...
The aims of the government’s devolution drive have multiplied, while the limits of centralised public finances are being exposed. More transparent ways of doing decentralisation are needed
Concerns about the speed of the government's devolution agenda are understandable, but misplaced. It has been the speed and clear requirement for mayoral combined authorities that has helped deliver...
Today’s devolution of NHS funding to Greater Manchester has been hailed as a “historic new era” for health and care by senior local government and health figures in the region.
Devolution deals that are transforming public services in Greater Manchester would not have happened without Scottish devolution showing the way, former CIPFA president and Bury Council chief...
The government has said that further devolution deals are likely in England following the passage of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act, which received Royal Assent today.
The communities and local government select committee is seeking views on whether the powers being given to Greater Manchester should be offered to other areas.
Manchester is already thinking about how a range of taxes, including stamp duty and the climate change levy, could work locally, city council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein told CIPFA delegates.
Cornwall is set to be the first county to secure a devolution deal from the government, while discussions are underway to reach devolution deals with four cities in England, George Osborne has...
Andy Burnham has indicated he may halt plans to devolve £6bn of NHS spending to Greater Manchester if Labour is in power after the general election, saying has ‘real misgivings’...
Councils in Greater Manchester and around Cambridge are to be allowed to retain all additional business rate growth from next month, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Budget as he urged...
A deal to devolve £6bn of NHS funding to Greater Manchester’s combined authority has been sealed, with the groundbreaking pact set to devolve all health spending in an effort to improve...
The Greater Manchester combined authority is to be given complete control over all health spending in the city region in a groundbreaking devolution deal to be announced later this week.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is to be led by a directly elected mayor under plans to devolve a host of powers to the city region, Chancellor George Osborne has announced today.
