Local Government Chronicle
Alexandra Jones
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Power and control: the state of local government funding
10-May-2013
Central government currently controls 60% of local budgets and that needs to change, argues Centre for Cities’ Alexandra Jones and Zach Wilcox -
When a super-policy is not a solution
26-Apr-2013
The spending round is expected to lay the building blocks for local growth deals, but there’s a risk that this initiative is being merged with city deals, writes Alexandra Jones -
A metro mayor for Manchester?
4-May-2012
Centre for Cities chief executive Alexandra Jones examines the prospects for a ‘metro mayor’ for Greater Manchester following the rejection of a city council mayor -
Are enterprise zones a rehash of the 1980s?
31 March 2011
The Budget showed that the Chancellor has learned some lessons -
Empower cities to support recovery
10 March 2011
Financial freedom for cities is the key to national recovery -
Help cities out by relocalising business rates
4 November 2010
The relocalisation of the business rates will not be a ‘get out of the cuts free’ card but would free local authorities to take more decisions about where to spend and where to save
