Ministers should boost devolution plans to give local authorities beyond the metro bubble more powers as top-down control from Whitehall “may stifle genuine regional autonomy”, a think-tank has...
The scale of the spike in local authority homelessness spend over the past 15 years makes for sobering reading, writes Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran.
New English unitary councils must ensure digital leaders are involved in decision making at the highest level or risk derailing the agenda for devolution and public service reform, a study published...
Fiscal pressures are holding councils back from using their huge annual procurement spend on achieving their broader strategic goals for society and the environment, according to a think-tank.
Strategic authorities being rolled out as part of the government’s plans for English devolution should be legally obliged to involve residents in decision-making, according to a leading think-tank.
The £392bn of assets held under the Local Government Pension Scheme should be harnessed to tackle chronic underinvestment in affordable and social housing, according to a leading think-tank.
Councils should make the most of the Procurement Act as an “opportunity for a more strategic, socially minded” approach to public procurement when it comes into force next year, a think-tank has...
A cash injection into frontline services followed by consideration of further fiscal devolution is needed if councils are to become financially sustainable, according to a leading sector think-tank.
Both main parties have ducked the crucial questions of local government capacity, planning reform and public sector procurement, according to a leading sector think-tank.
Councils are shelving long-term capital projects to focus on shorter term budgetary pressures brought on by rising prices without additional funding, an expert has said.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency wants to unravel a decade’s worth of progress on social value. Joe Fyans and Callin McLinden ask if that is wise.
The brilliance of the diagnosis contained in the government's 'levelling up' white paper only serves to highlight the inadequacy of the policy prescriptions that follow, says ...
Local authorities commercial investment needs a change focus, to help unlock latent potential in region, says Jonathan Werran, chief executive of think tank Localis.
The government has finally plotted a target destination for 'levelling up' but many questions remain unanswered – not least on local government resourcing – says Joe Fyans, head of research at think...
