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Reporting on policy for the people who shape it and the business leaders it affects.

The levy on overnight stays is a transformational moment for UK cities

This pro-growth, pro-business policy proves what can be achieved when a Labour government and Labour mayors work together.

By Steve Rotheram

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Unlike the rest of the UK, Scottish child poverty rates are falling

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Unlike the rest of the UK, Scottish child poverty rates are falling

Rhi Storer

The time has come for a new type of climate coalition

Sadiq Khan and Eduardo Paes

You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it

Zack Polanski

The urgent need to scale up adaptation funding

Samir Jeraj

It isn't enough to be better managers than the other lot

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It isn’t enough to be better managers than the other lot

Phin Foster

Reclaiming the energy commons could help save this government

Will Walker

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You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it

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There remains significant work to do transposing Cop decisions into national law

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Has the world’s climate summit lost its way?

By Rhi Storer

The time has come for a new type of climate coalition

By Sadiq Khan and Eduardo Paes

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