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The future of metro mayors – all eyes on Greater Manchester

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, Devo Posted: June 25, 2015

Greater Manchester this week becomes the first combined metro area to have its own mayor. Professor Francesca Gains looks ahead at what awaits Tony Lloyd. Arrangements to deliver an elected metro mayor for Greater Manchester take several significant steps forward this week. In the House of Lords, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill moves […]

Tagged With: Bob Jones, Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, DevoManc, George Osborne, Greater Manchester, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Mayor, police and crime commissioners, Tony Lloyd

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Is the local government party really now over?

By Nick Clifford Filed Under: Featured Posted: June 3, 2015

After crying ‘wolf’ for several years, councils are now faced with very real difficulty in balancing their books, warns Nick Clifford. More than 50 years ago, in 1962, there was a hit for Lonnie Donegan called ‘The Party’s Over’. 40 years ago Tony Crosland, then Secretary of State for Local Government, gave a speech to […]

Tagged With: councils, deficit, George Osborne, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Julian Glover, local authorities, local government, Local Government Association, Lonnie Donegan, Queens Speech, spending cuts, the Better Care Fund, Tony Crosland

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Paying for retirement – the phrase politicians are afraid to say

John Read By John Read Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: February 19, 2015

The starting gun for the General Election has been fired, with less than 100 days to go before we vote. But, asks John Read, will the parties have the courage to discuss how future governments will pay for workers’ retirement? Financing the state pensions of the next generation of retired workers is a key challenge […]

Tagged With: Department of Work and Pensions, Institute for Fiscal Studies, National Insurance, NHS, pensions, retirement, SERPS, state pensions

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