Cllr James Jamieson: ‘As we emerge from testing times, we need a national debate about local government’9 Jul 2020DevoConnectJust as we have all had to think differently about our lives, councils across the UK have had to find…
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…
Chris Smith – New Midlands? What’s In A Name….?!1 May 2020DevoConnectJust when we had started to get excited about the great ‘Levelling Up’ agenda, COVID-19 had other ideas and we…
“Build Back Better” the road to economic recovery23 Apr 2020DevoConnectReport from the DevoConnect COVID-19 Webinar: Response, Impact, Recovery 23rd April 2020 Click here to watch the COVID-19 Webinar on…
Gill Morris: Taking stock in a crisis30 Mar 2020Gill MorrisWhere are we and what does Covid-19 mean for Boris’ promises and levelling-up? All our lives have been turned upside-down…
The North is everywhere.2 Mar 2020DevoConnectThe recent election has led many people to divide the country into the north vs. the south. At Westminster there…
‘Levelling up the land’31 Jan 2020DevoConnectLocalis chief executive Jonathan Werran looks underneath the bonnet of the language of ‘levelling up’ to ask what should be…
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…
Keep your HS2 East promise Boris2 Nov 2019Emily CarterThe General Election will unleash a frenzy of promises from all parties stating their commitment to better transport in the…
Gill Morris: Boris and His Northern Powerhouse Promise20 Sep 2019Emily CarterBoris has made a BIG promise to turbocharge the North. With an election looming, whether before or after Brexit happens,…