Proposals to abolish section 106 charges in favour of a new infrastructure tax could disincentivise investment in poorer regions, working against 'levelling up', according to experts....
The government must clarify how councils administer energy bill rebates to ensure that nobody misses out on payments, according to Clive Betts, chair of Parliament's Levelling Up, Housing and...
The Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities could be forced to spend more of its budget removing dangerous Grenfell-style cladding, according to local government secretary Michael...
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has said England’s directly elected mayors should be given control of business rates in order to boost devolution and aid the government’s economic vision for...
The government has announced more details on how it plans to simplify the funding landscape for areas looking to boost economic development following criticism from local government of the current...
The government’s long-awaited 'levelling up' white paper is set to reveal a “new plan” for the Local Government Pension Scheme to invest billions of pounds in local projects, according to...
Local government secretary Michael Gove has signalled his support for remote council meetings, to help “ensure the maximum amount of efficiency” for local authorities.
The UK government’s lack of engagement with devolved administrations over the £2.6bn fund aimed at replacing regional European Union funding has strained relationships across the union,...
Local government secretary Michael Gove has suggested that higher taxes could be levied on property developers as a “backstop” to fund the £4bn removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding.
On 23 November, PF published an online report of a speech made by communities secretary Michael Gove at the County Council Network’s annual conference.
The government could ditch Local Enterprise Partnerships, after communities secretary Michael Gove outlined a preference for economic development powers to be held by elected politicians.
The government is set to reduce the amount of grant funding pots available to local government, to help simplify the bidding process, a senior minister has told MPs.
The government’s 'levelling-up' agenda aims to invest in new houses, retrofitting of old homes and more powers to local government, according to senior ministers.
The Electoral Commission has designated Vote Leave, the group led by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, as the lead campaigner for the “out” campaign in the forthcoming referendum on European Union...
Nine new prisons are to be built under a shake up of the criminal justice estate that will see Victorian city centre prisons sold off for housing development.
Prime Minister David Cameron has returned Iain Duncan Smith to the Department for Work and Pensions in his Cabinet reshuffle as the government begins work on finding £12bn of welfare cuts.
There are now 4,000 academies but, as the education baton passes to Nicky Morgan, it may turn out that Michael Gove’s real legacy is in curriculum and teaching reforms
Once Sir Michael Wilshaw was hailed as ‘a real hero’ by Education Secretary Michael Gove. So what left him ‘spitting blood’ in a battle with the Department for Education? The...
As the new term starts, Michael Gove’s education revolution continues apace. But where’s the evidence that academies and free schools will benefit the majority of pupils?
