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The Arms Length Body has flirted with ‘place’ throughout its history, but has it responded too late to devolution and will that be its death-knell?

The Government’s decision to pause LGR has thrown the programme into uncertainty — here are four scenarios for what could happen next, and what that might mean for devolution.

The Government’s decision to pause LGR has thrown the programme into uncertainty — here are four scenarios for what could happen next, and what that might mean for devolution.

Why town centres need beetroots, bowling alleys and botox

Why town centres need beetroots, bowling alleys and botox

Curiously, there has been little interest in its future, despite authorities spending an anticipated £151 billion this financial year and delivering many of the services that we rely on every day.

There’s 13 statements; how many apply to you?

The Greater Manchester authority has been in no overall control since the local elections in May.

Devolution is moving into a new phase — but its institutional, practical and political implications are only beginning to emerge.

Devolution is moving into a new phase — but its institutional, practical and political implications are only beginning to emerge.

The new Prime Minister is expected to turbocharge devolution.  But to fulfil its promise, strategic authorities — led by mayors across England — must operate at scale. In this blog, Jack Shaw argues t...

Andy Burnham’s “circuit breaker” for Britain promises to “put life’s essentials back under public control”. That conversation has centred on utilities: water, energy. But it shouldn’t stop there.

For devolution to succeed, Burnham needs to end the dizzying array of boundaries

For devolution to succeed, Burnham needs to end the dizzying array of boundaries

debates over tax rebates are fiscal policy, but also the political differences that greater devolution will create — and what they mean for the relationship between Whitehall and strategic authorities

debates over tax rebates are fiscal policy, but also the political differences that greater devolution will create — and what they mean for the relationship between Whitehall and strategic authorities

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Andy Burnham could soon discover that devolving power creates winners and losers