Devolution should be ‘reset’ to include voluntary sector
Voluntary sector leaders have said the devolution process should be reformed to ensure charities are properly represented as service providers.
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Theresa May has a golden opportunity to make devolution work – but it must be progressive
Since Theresa May took office as prime minister of the UK in July there has been a great deal of speculation about how – if at all – powers over tax rates and local spending will be devolved to local authorities, as promised by the country’s former chancellor George Osborne.
Lack of civil servant ‘capability outside London holding devolution back’
One third of civil servants should be moved outside London as part of the devolution of powers to local areas, according to a new report from the Policy Exchange.
Devolution ‘failing’ to address national problems
Devolution in the UK is failing to address the country’s pressing political, social and economic problems, according to a report.
Devolution failing under ‘austerity cosh’
Devolution deals with councils are being squeezed by ‘narrow negotiations’ with Whitehall that were ‘stacked in favour of the status quo’, a new report has claimed.
Theresa May must give local governments power to help abandoned Brexiteer communities, report says
Theresa May must rethink devolution to stop post-Brexit Britons feeling even more abandoned by the Government, report finds.
Devolution call gathers pace in aftermath of Brexit vote
Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake has called for a fresh push to end Yorkshire’s devolution deadlock in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union.
Do we Re:Brexit?
Downtown Manchester in Business recently hosted a special post referendum event at Alberts Square Chop House on Wednesday. The event entitled ‘Re:Brexit?’ discussed Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Greater Manchester begins £6bn ‘devo health’ experiment
Local authority becomes first in England to take control of its health and social care budget, but there is widespread uncertainty.
Greater devolution could reduce poverty and inequality
More devolution of powers and budgets from Whitehall offers councils the chance to tackle poverty and inequality by ‘doing things differently’.
A new economics in Preston? Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell praises city council
How Preston City Council is managing its finances has won praise from Labour’s shadow chancellor. John McDonnell MP said initiatives being run by the city council to drive up local spending and working with the local Chamber of Commerce were a ‘new economics’.
