Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has launched a cross-party commission to investigate how to close regional gaps in school attainment that have widened over the past 30 years.
No mayor in the capital has yet taken seriously the body that is meant to hold them to account. It needs extra powers around spending and laws to give it the teeth needed for an age of devolution
Labour’s John Biggs has won the mayoralty of Tower Hamlets, which became vacant after former mayor Lutfur Rahman was found guilty of electoral fraud and removed from office.
The proposed Garden Bridge across the Thames is an object lesson in how political initiatives can rub up against technocratic process. Reforming EU procurement legislation could allow big ideas to...
Chris Naylor has moved from suburban Barnet, and the London borough’s controversial outsourcing of public services, to be chief executive at working class Barking & Dagenham, where he sees...
With all the talk of a Northern Powerhouse, Jules Pipe fears the capital is missing out. The London Councils chair talks to PF about devolution deals, house prices, Hackney and working with Boris
Dr Gerald Lyons, chief economic advisor to London Mayor Boris Johnson, and Michael Johnson, research fellow and pensions analyst at the Centre for Policy Studies, join the roster of speakers at the...
One of the reasons for increasing support for Scottish independence is a rejection of London-based dominance in public affairs. Many Scots dislike the arrogance and patronising attitude of London-...
London Mayor Boris Johnson has embraced the Travers commission proposals for increased financial autonomy for the capital. But will Whitehall, asks Vivienne Russell
London government should have full control over council tax, stamp duty and business rates as well as power to introduce new levies, such as a tourism tax, the London Finance Commission has...
