localism Articles

Offering incentives for businesses to pay the living wage has shown to be an effective way for councils to work with private sector to enact transformational social change, writes Dan Crawford When I had the privilege of being elected onto Ealing council for the Acton...

Britain will have to recapture its decentralising spirit to secure a post-Brexit settlement that works for everyone, argues Alan Lockey  Early in his political career, Nye Bevan had a stump speech about power in Britain. 'When I get older', the young Bevan would say,...

Too often policymakers overlook the potentially transformative potential of the United Kingdom's 10,000+ parish and town councils, writes James Derounian in response to an RSA report on localism There I was, minding my own business at a Regional Studies Association...

Labour must be willing to listen to its leaders in local government, writes Jerome Neil ahead of the Governing of Britain conference A little under two months ago, I won a by-election in my home ward of St Helier in Merton. The by-election had been called in tragic...