local government
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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
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02.07.2020Economic Growth | green new deal | keir starmer | lga | local government | new deal | Policy & Politics | rough sleeping | UK
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.
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01.07.2020Boris Johnson | Coronavirus | Development Management & Enforcement | Infrastructure - Transport | local government | permitted development rights | planning system | Regeneration | RTPI | UK | zoning
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.
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07.06.2019
A round-up of RTPI blogs: 4 May-7 June, 2019
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03.05.2019American Planning Association | Ian Tant | International | local government | Policy & Politics | UK
A round-up of RTPI blogs: 6 April-3 May, 2019
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03.04.2019
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.
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31.01.2019Community Engagement | democracy | Housing | housing shortage | LBS | local government | Policy & Politics | UK
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 ...
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18.06.2018
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.
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23.03.2018
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.
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20.07.2017
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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