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Sadiq Khan welcomes Burnham’s fiscal devolution plans for London

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plans to hand greater fiscal powers to England's metro mayors, saying the...
Barking & Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham pays up to £30m a year in interest on £1bn regeneration debt

Debts of more than £1 billion have left Barking and Dagenham Council paying between £20 million and £30 million a year in interest. However, ...
Bradford & Keighley

Council leader revises One City Park valuation after inaccurate claim

Bradford Council leader Stephen Place has admitted he understated the value of one of the city's flagship regeneration projects by around £2 million during...
Economy

London has weakest tax powers of any major G7 city, new research finds

London has the weakest tax-raising powers of any major city across the G7, according to new research that is prompting fresh calls for greater...
Economy

Mayor needs more fiscal powers to avoid “ugly” decisions on taxing Londoners

Ministers have been warned that if they fail to give the Mayor of London more power to raise revenue from tourism, it will lead...
North East

North East mayor still ‘confident’ in stalled Gateshead Quays arena plans

The North East mayor insists she is “confident” in plans to build a new arena on the Gateshead Quayside. Huge proposals for a 12,500-seat arena...
Bradford & Keighley

Bradford to welcome Ugandan High Commissioner to foster stronger partnerships for a prosperous future

Over half a century after more than 27,000 Ugandan Asians arrived on British shores in 1972, expelled under the brutal regime of Idi Amin,...
Finance

Newcastle United’s trophy parade injects ‘£6 million to the local economy’

Newcastle United’s astonishing trophy parade has given the city’s economy a multi-million pound boost. Hundreds of thousands of Geordies packed out the streets of Newcastle...
Bradford & Keighley

Up to £100K up for grabs as Tracy Brabin launches £1.5M ‘Innovation Challenge’ for West Yorkshire entrepreneurs

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has launched a £1.5 million challenge to back game-changing ideas from businesses and young entrepreneurs, offering grants of up...
Kirklees

Kirklees Council Leader pledges to build a more honest and transparent authority

The Local Democracy reporter Abigail Marshall recently caught up with Cllr Carole Pattison about the latest developments at the local authority. Cllr Pattison, took over...
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