The first group of savings are about making the state more efficient, the second about creating a state focused on the core tasks of government.
Downing Street itself has been driving the moonshot, working with scientists, laboratories, companies and deliverers: a new operational system, in short.
The London Borough of Bromley, which I am proud to represent, is a case in point – because cases remain relatively low.
Johnson is being squeezed between dissenting local authorities, an increasingly divided Cabinet – and fundamental problems with test and trace.
The first report of a new commission finds that disparities are just as apparent within regions, cities and towns as they are between them.
Growing anti-lockdown sentiment among northern Labour mayors and councils offer him new opportunities – and dangers.
The full video of ConHome’s joint event with UK in a Changing Europe for the Party Conference.
Forty-six per cent of respondents back the plans and forty per cent don’t, which mirrors the divisions seen elsewhere.
That was the norm of the past ten years, in the form of Farage’s parties. There’s no reason to assume that a new challenger won’t emerge.
It’s important to stress that those generated for an area’s need will not necessarily be the same as its ultimate targets.
Instead of giving developers free licence to ruin communities, it should give local government the power to force them to build where they already can.
They don’t talk about politics in daily life; don’t write to local or national newspapers; most importantly, they’re not politically active online.
The Local Government Association points the finger at developers, but their interpretation of the evidence is misleading.
This ambitious business case is based on our experiences not only of recovering from the last downturn, but on the successes of the last three years.
It needs a clear prevention strategy in place by year-end, to provide a clear framework for local councils, and to roll out the Housing First Programme.