Localism
All the latest news, views and analysis on localism
Latest News
Trio revert to committees, with more to follow
Resurrected system could tackle ‘over concentrations of power’
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London demands taxing powers
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Solace calls for funding distribution review
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Cable 'fighting like a tiger' against localised skills fund
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Lords back revised home extensions plan
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Pickles rethinks permitted development plans
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Cameron places localism at heart of campaign
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Clark's call for decentralisation reports rejected
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Pravda law 'completely unnecessary'
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Localism rights misunderstood and ignored, report finds
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MPs urge massive power transfer for councils
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Pickles calls for more parishes
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Councils can 'fix it', says Solace president
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Boles - Planning relaxations could stay
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NI set for general competence power
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Nicholson shuns localism to keeps grip on NHS cash
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Guidance seen as deterrent to in-house tendering to be scrapped
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London parish gets go-ahead
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Private firms could use 'right to challenge'
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Whitehall uneasy about localism
Latest Opinion
Inside Out: The only place in town
Everybody seems to recognise that the government has got its approach to local government wrong, says LGC’s Insider
Even the IMF now demands devolution
The government should heed IMF advice and give local authorities control of capital investment, argues Tony Travers
Latest Briefing
The moral of the mansion tax saga
Chair of the CLG select committee, Clive Betts MP discusses how politics has to take a back seat if we are to promote localism
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Defining the ‘co-operative council’
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Local housing need at odds with national planning policy
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School system must lead on localism
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Localism must foster local goodwill
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Local action key to national results
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Goodwill innoculates for the stasi
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Local inspiration key to reshape offer
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Take the lead on open policy making
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A real incentive for local development
We Say
Intransigence and inflexibility have poisoned relations
LGC’s confidence survey highlights a deep rooted despair at ministers’ disregard of local government, writes Nick Golding
Latest Analysis
Localism rises to the health challenge
A few months into councils’ formal responsibility for public health, Kaye Wiggins reviews progress and pitfalls








