Breaking down England's fiscal devolution plans
David Phillips of the IFS tells LocalGov why England's regional finance reforms are modest by global comparison and what ministers still need to get right.
Cities ‘must get EU aid’
Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester should be in line for a share of £3.5bn in EU funding, according to an influential think-tank.
A report from the Institute for Public Policy Research claims just over half the £6.5bn of EU European Structural Funding, due to come to the UK over the next seven years, should be focused on city regions in the North and the Midlands.
The rest is already earmarked for South Yorkshire, Merseyside, Cornwall, West Wales and the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
