Localis’ latest report Commercial Councils is featured in the Financial times, with quotes from chief executive Alex Thomson.
After weeks of negotiation, Cornwall’s devolution deal has been announced.
Localis’ Alex Thomson writes in the MJ on the mood at the LGA conference this year.
Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council, has said that business support is essential for devolution.
In the budget it was announced that Greater Manchester would receive further powers for the fire service and public land.
Localis’ Alex Thomson writes in the MJ on Localis’ latest essay collection on the future of healthcare.
Localis’ Alex Thomson writes in the MJ on the need to take opinion pieces discussing the impacts of devolution with a pinch of salt.
The Government’s Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill has been published
Richard Carr writes in Left Foot Forward on Labour’s relationship with the state.
As we enter the febrile atmosphere of a general election year, it is perhaps fanciful to hope for non-stop reasoned debate over policy between now and May. But we at Localis are hopeful that the decentralisation of power away from Whitehall will at least continue to be a key issue in politics throughout the coming year, as it did in the last.