Steve Barwick: IF NOT NOW, WHEN?! Overdue Social Care reform must start with parity of respect for the workforce1 Oct 2020Steve BarwickCovid-19 has shone a harsh light on the social care sector and revealed a service that does not enjoy the…
Steve Barwick – CV-19 £23billion excess savings present opportunities to seriously consider a reset to fairer income taxes and a levelling up bond11 Jun 2020Steve BarwickThe Coronavirus crisis has, quite rightly, brought close attention to excess deaths but excess savings have received less attention. An…
Steve Barwick: CV19 – DEVO3.030 Mar 2020Steve BarwickIt has already become a cliché that the world will be changed forever by Coronavirus. That of course does not…
The Devo 3.0 Review2 Mar 2020Steve BarwickLaying the foundations for more and better devolution. The Devolution White Paper must deliver wider, deeper and better devolution and…
The Health Devolution Commission Launch2 Mar 2020Steve BarwickHealth Devolution to go under the policy spotlight and back on the political agenda as independent and cross-party commission including…
Steve Barwick: what will happen to devolution in 2020?7 Jan 2020Steve BarwickDevoConnect have long been advocates of Devo 3.0 – the need for a new wave of devolution following the regional…
DevoConnect’s Top Tipster explains why he thinks all General election bets are off – for now!30 Nov 2019Steve BarwickHaving correctly predicted – before this year’s Party Conferences – that the UK would not leave the EU by 31st October and that…
Mayors still need to prove their value9 May 2018Steve BarwickA year into the metro mayors, I suspect that the group who have enjoyed them most have been the regional media…
DeVOLve: What does May mean?21 Oct 2016Steve BarwickDevoComment: Dan Corry, Chief Executive, NPC The Devo Question Time fringes, which NPC supported, were the best place to be.…