Ministers have committed to ensuring City Hall retains some locally-generated income tax but Centre for Cities wants the government to go further

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Join Lord Jim O’Neill in conversation with Centre for Cities’ Andrew Carter to discuss what the forthcoming Devolution and Growth White Paper should deliver for cities and economic growth.

England's mayors should be funded from taxes raised in their own regions rather than government grants, with safeguards so poorer areas do not lose out, ​a think tank said on Wednesday as ministers re...

L’inflation britannique atteint 3,1 %. Le gouvernement prépare son budget du 28 octobre dans un contexte de dette et de taux élevés.

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Urban economies essential for driving growth in the Midlands Engine are underperforming, and low productivity is to blame.

Visitor levies would be a first step towards devolving taxes and rewarding local authorities for being ambitious

A leading think tank believes it would be a good thing for all mayoral areas, strengthening the government's fiscal devolution plans

Corporation tax can and should be part of the Government’s fiscal devolution agenda.

The UK government would be better off backing clusters and widening access to opportunity

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This briefing provides evidence to support the Government’s decision to advance fiscal devolution and explains how it can use these reforms to achieve both higher growth and greater fairness across th...

Devolution is finally happening at pace. Without delivery machinery beneath the new mayors, it will fail. But there is a solution.

Government departments to second officials into mayoral authorities, working with the mayor, in the largest transfer of Whitehall capacity to local leaders yet

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

"The devolution announcement today marks a new era for the British economy."

Proposals for replacing council tax are common and it should be reformed, but it shouldn’t be centralised.

No great drama can continue indefinitely and in our politics-as-entertainment culture, we may be reaching series fatigue

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Big Cities Outlook highlights and expands on the economic performance of the UK’s largest cities to understand how they contribute to raising living standards across the country.

Scotland’s Visitor Levy Act now allows local authorities to implement both percentage and flat rate visitor levies. As the UK Government in England considers what visitor levy powers to give metro may...

Fifteen years ago, David Cameron and George Osborne took a hard look at how the United Kingdom governs itself.

Public awareness of mayoral transport policies is high, but metro mayors have limited powers to deliver unlike the London mayor.