This section of the 1994 report looked at the need for a regional level of government for Cornwall and explored the issues relating to...

“The whole range of sub-central government bodies that help to govern Cornwall but are not accountable to the people of Cornwall have to...

One issue identified in the report was the negative impact of having one authority for a large rural area. Issues identified included a...

Strategic paralysis [P8] "Since the 1960s policy-makers in Cornwall have faced the increasingly intractable difficulties caused by a high...

Langarth - now a development site   Identity and institutions: the potential of culture  [P7] "Cornwall has a strong sense of identity....

This post looks at the context of the 1992 review process.   Background  [P1] In 1992 the then Conservative government decided to...

Introduction In 1994 in response to the Local Government Review, the Cornish Social and Economic Research Group published a report...

In the light of recent discussions about devolution, there will be some posts about devolution for Cornwall - re-examining the 1994 paper...

A dense area of woodland In the previous post, we saw that we would need to cover virtually all the land surface of the UK with trees to...

Planting trees to increase woodland cover in the UK can result in many environmental benefits but it has also been advocated to help...

Recent coverage of the impact of Inheritance Tax changes have generated considerable levels of comment about farmers. Leaving aside the...

Introduction The first post relating to farmland and taxation highlighted a number of issues. One of these is that of the levels of...

Introduction The changes to Inheritance tax announced in the budget on 30th October and their possible impact on farming have generated...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has released the annual Council Tax Base (CTB) figures. The latest are for 2024. ...

Data from the Office for National Statistics provides a useful analysis of the location of owners of enterprises that are registered for...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS), have released figures on the number of short-term lets by local authority.  The data covers...

Introduction Planning can appear at times as irrational in that decisions are made which people either find unjustified or are not based...

Summary This analysis looks at sales of dwellings in relation to owner-occupied dwellings as a share of all occupied dwellings.    ...

The Office for National Statistics have released data showing details about online job adverts in the UK.  The details below are...

Wealth and taxes – an idea on inherited wealth Context The issue of wealth and whether it should be taxed and if so in what way is one...