local government

Strong place-based leadership is instrumental in the battle against Covid-19

19.10.2020

The Covid crisis has thrown into sharp relief the need for stronger local governance in the UK. We need to rebalance local and national power, argues Robin Hambleton

Starmer calls for ‘new relationship’ between central and local government

02.07.2020

Simon Wicks

Town halls should be given the powers to lead the response to coronavirus crisis and the rebuilding of the nation’s economy, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer told a virtual audience at the Local Government Association’s Annual Conference.

Mixed views on the prime minister’s Covid-19 recovery plan

01.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Professionals across the built environment sector have broadly welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to reform the planning system in a bid to help the country recover from Covid-19, but some have cautioned against further deregulation.

RTPI blog round-up: Culture and heritage inspire planning in Suffolk

07.06.2019

RTPI

A round-up of RTPI blogs: 4 May-7 June, 2019

RTPI blog round-up: Positive planning abounds in America

03.05.2019

RTPI

A round-up of RTPI blogs: 6 April-3 May, 2019

Government must address short-term workforce shortages post-Brexit

03.04.2019

Laura Edgar

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLG) has said the government must address workforce shortages in the short term, including in the construction sector.

Democracy – a daring concept but should we give up on it?

31.01.2019

Louise Brooke-Smith

We may need to tweak - or even overhaul - our local decision-making system if we are to solve the housing shortage and get the sensible, well-planned development the nation needs, argues Louise-Brooke ...

RTPI Cymru expresses concerns over plans to merge councils

18.06.2018

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | local government | Welsh Government

Proposals by the Welsh Government to merge the country’s 22 councils to as few as 10 would not solve the financial and service pressures that local authorities are currently experiencing, RTPI Cymru has said.

Merged planning authorities back on the agenda in Wales

23.03.2018

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | local government | Welsh Government

Proposals that would involve Wales’s 22 councils merged to as few as 10 have been resurrected by the administration in a green paper published this week.

Mark Drakeford / National Assembly for Wales

Welsh minister clarifies aspects of mandatory regional planning regime

20.07.2017

Roger Milne

Cymru | local government | Mark Drakeford | Policy & Politics

Cabinet secretary for local government Mark Drakeford has confirmed further details of the promised legislation that will see mandatory regional working between Wales’s 22 councils on issues such as economic development, strategic land use planning and strategic transport.

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