The North needs both HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
by DevoConnect on October 31, 2019
Tim Wood, Northern Powerhouse Rail Director at Transport for the North HS2 – the plan to deliver a transformative high-speed …
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Gill Morris: Boris and His Northern Powerhouse Promise
by Gill Morris on September 20, 2019
Boris has made a BIG promise to turbocharge the North. With an election looming, whether before or after Brexit happens, …
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Gill Morris: What’s Going On?
by Gill Morris on September 2, 2019
No one expected him to do it but he has. Boris Johnson’s surprise prorogation of Parliament means that MPs could …
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Mayor Andy Street: Time for Boris to Power-up Our Regions
by DevoConnect on August 30, 2019
In an exclusive piece for DevoIntelligence, Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority calls on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to …
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If the next PM really wants a Northern Powerhouse, he will back HS2
by Henri Murison on June 27, 2019
Last week marked the fifth anniversary of the Northern Powerhouse, set up by the then-Chancellor George Osborne. Since then, there …
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Amid national political turmoil, Local Industrial Strategies are the way forward for regions
by Ben Houchen on May 30, 2019
In both the recent local and European elections, we have seen a massive shift in the political landscape that cannot …
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The work of the Metro Mayors so far
by Joe Dancey on May 1, 2019
When the history books are written about the first wave of England’s metro mayors, it will be a story of …
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How Metro Mayors and Brexit are transforming the North’s power map
by Gill Morris on May 1, 2019
If we are to conclude anything from the past ten years, it must be that a politics centralised in Westminster …
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Brexit and Devolution in England: What’s at Stake?
by Arianna Giovannini on March 26, 2019
The debate on Brexit has spurred discussion about how the UK’s exit from the EU could affect the devolved nations …
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New Statesman Northern Powerhouse Conference: What will the Northern Powerhouse 2.0 look like?
by Steve Barwick on February 27, 2019
Jake Berry, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, speaking at the New Statesman conference today, said the Government’s reboot of George …
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Great Northern Conference 2019: Where the North leads, the government must follow
by Jack Hutchison on February 27, 2019
Yesterday saw the inaugural Great Northern Conference, bringing together civic leaders and business figures from across the North in a …
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Northern ports are the key to the Northern Powerhouse
by Dafydd Williams on November 8, 2018
Great transport connectivity for our Northern ports is the keystone to the success of the Northern Powerhouse. The case for …
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How can we make great places?
by Angela Lockwood on October 25, 2018
As Chief Executive of a housing association, I frequently ask myself how my organisation contributes to creating great places for …
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Public ownership with local control will transform Northern transport
by Rachael Maskell on October 10, 2018
By Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central and Shadow Rail Minister If we are serious about social mobility, then we …
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DevoConnect Summer Soirée: Where next for English devolution?
by Lily Sheehan on July 12, 2018
DevoConnect held its annual summer debate on Tuesday evening at Portcullis House, seeing a lively discussion about the future of …
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Amid chaos in Westminster, devolution will help us ‘take back control’
by Gill Morris on June 28, 2018
In post-Brexit Britain, it is no longer sustainable for power and control to be centred in Westminster and Whitehall. Devolution …
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Adding Value on Sustainability: What should Metro Mayors focus on?
by Faye Scott on May 31, 2018
The politics of a metro mayor working to establish their own agenda and work programme over and above the local …
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‘A Tale of Two Cities’: Can metro mayors navigate the contradictions of devolution?
by Professors Georgina Blakely and Brendan Evans on May 18, 2018
Amidst academics critical of city-region devolution and more enthusiastic think-tanks, local leaders argue that this was the only devolution on …
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Government can no longer ignore Yorkshire
by Judith Blake on May 9, 2018
Ministers have no excuse to delay Yorkshire devolution. We have been in negotiations for some time, but progress has been …
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That was the easy bit…
by Jane Thomas on May 9, 2018
Dan Jarvis won the recent mayoral contest in South Yorkshire. That was the easy bit. The next thing is showing …
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