I see that my colleague Tony Travers, writing with Simon Jenkins, is calling for greater devolution to local authorities as a way of effectively implementing cuts to public expenditure
Posted by Dr. Teemu Lyytikäinen, SERC The government’s consultation on Local Government Finance leav...
Public spending devolution in practice is widely seen as more appropriate for addressing varied poli...
The TaxPayers Alliance thinks that Regional Development Agencies should be abolished
[Posted by Prof Henry G. Overman] Following the Queen's speech my twitter feed is full of people exp...
After my post on the geography of recession, I have been trying to clarify my thinking on the role o...
I wrote recently about unresolved conflicts in the government's approach to planning, economic growt...
Islington Council 'Fairness Commission' is due to report today on its proposals for narrowing income...
If the rumours are correct, we may get more details on the government's plans to allow local council...
UK cities currently have limited control over the majority of their finances, significantly constrai...
The City Finance Commission has called for major reforms to the way councils are financed to help th...
Writing yesterday about calls to devolve more powers to Mayors with the aim of boosting city growth ...
I know I am hardly the first person to point this out, but local government finance in the UK really...
Late last week the government announced no council tax revaluations in this parliament
Local government boundaries very rarely correlate well with local economies, meaning that some autho...
Interesting piece from Chris Giles at the FT on the debate around local public sector pay. The big i...
Posted by Dr. Teemu Lyytikäinen, SERC The government’s consultation on Local Government Finance leav...
Public spending devolution in practice is widely seen as more appropriate for addressing varied poli...
The TaxPayers Alliance thinks that Regional Development Agencies should be abolished
[Posted by Prof Henry G. Overman] Following the Queen's speech my twitter feed is full of people exp...
After my post on the geography of recession, I have been trying to clarify my thinking on the role o...
I wrote recently about unresolved conflicts in the government's approach to planning, economic growt...
Islington Council 'Fairness Commission' is due to report today on its proposals for narrowing income...
If the rumours are correct, we may get more details on the government's plans to allow local council...
UK cities currently have limited control over the majority of their finances, significantly constrai...
The City Finance Commission has called for major reforms to the way councils are financed to help th...
Writing yesterday about calls to devolve more powers to Mayors with the aim of boosting city growth ...
I know I am hardly the first person to point this out, but local government finance in the UK really...
Late last week the government announced no council tax revaluations in this parliament
Local government boundaries very rarely correlate well with local economies, meaning that some autho...
Interesting piece from Chris Giles at the FT on the debate around local public sector pay. The big i...
Posted by Dr. Teemu Lyytikäinen, SERC The government’s consultation on Local Government Finance leav...
Public spending devolution in practice is widely seen as more appropriate for addressing varied poli...
The TaxPayers Alliance thinks that Regional Development Agencies should be abolished