Digital exclusion is leaving coastal communities behind
We need investment into connectivity, or inequalities will only widen.
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Rishi Sunak’s LTNs review exposes the hollow promises of devolution
Both parties promise to end decades of centralisation – but only if the beneficiaries stick rigidly to Whitehall’s plans.
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Local authorities need an emergency rescue package
Starving councils of much-needed finance will prove to be a false economy.
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Andy Street: “Our devolution deal is the end of the begging bowl”
The Mayor of the West Midlands on how the “landmark” shift of powers from Whitehall to his authority will transform…
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The shattered Tory bloc and the end of levelling up
Exclusive New Statesman polling reveals what local councillors really think of the government’s flagship regional policy agenda.
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Does devolution really boost growth?
Keir Starmer wants the UK to have the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But does Labour have the plan to…
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Bev Craig: “For the vast majority, the economy simply isn’t good enough”
The council leader on the “Manchester Model” and Labour’s national missions.
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More power for communities can’t just mean more power for councils
Keir Starmer’s Take Back Control Bill needs to truly empower citizens.
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