Would Labour’s War Powers Act work?

Parliament, the Royal Prerogative and decisions to go to war

England’s promising experiment with metro mayors

The FT editorial highlights IfG recommendations on English devolution and piloting tax revenue sharing models.

‘Flexibility can be helpful’: why PM can choose UK general election date

Joe Owen comments in The Guardian on the impact of the uncertainty of the election date on civil servants.

‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?

Senior researcher Stuart Hoddinott comments in The Guardian on the property valuation system and its impact on the calculation of council tax.