Devolution, local growth and transport

This edition of our Policy Essentials series focuses on economic growth and devolution, aiming to give councillors an overview of the key issues.

This edition of our Policy Essentials series focuses on transport services, aiming to give councillors an overview of the key issues.

This report explores and models a variety of scenarios for fiscal devolution for England's local authorities.

This report, produced by SYSTRA, examines the long-term decline in county bus services, and sets out recommendations to improve them.

This report, produced by EY, explores the government's proposals to transfer Local Enterprise Functions to councils.

This analysis charts the rise in economic inactivity in county areas, exploring what is driving this increase and what can be done to address it.

This report, produced by EY for the County Councils Network (CCN), examines the performance of England’s county and county-unitary areas in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

This edition of the County Spotlight highlights how our member authorities are delivering major transport and infrastructure improvements across England’s counties, profiling16 case studies.