Andy Burnham: Doing things differently is in Greater Manchester’s DNA1 May 2019Andy BurnhamThere is no better example of Greater Manchester’s dynamic spirit than our city-region’s efforts to end the need for rough…
Public ownership with local control will transform Northern transport10 Oct 2018Angela LockwoodBy Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central and Shadow Rail Minister If we are serious about social mobility, then we…
DevoConnect Summer Soirée: Where next for English devolution?12 Jul 2018Alex GanotisDevoConnect held its annual summer debate on Tuesday evening at Portcullis House, seeing a lively discussion about the future of…
Amid chaos in Westminster, devolution will help us ‘take back control’28 Jun 2018Emily CarterIn post-Brexit Britain, it is no longer sustainable for power and control to be centred in Westminster and Whitehall. Devolution…
English Devolution: Where Next?18 Jun 2018Emily CarterHas the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ hit the buffers? Four years on and despite all the hype around connecting the North like…
‘A Tale of Two Cities’: Can metro mayors navigate the contradictions of devolution?18 May 2018Professors Georgina Blakely and Brendan EvansAmidst academics critical of city-region devolution and more enthusiastic think-tanks, local leaders argue that this was the only devolution on…
Metro Mayors and Health Devolution9 May 2018Phil HopeThe full devolution of responsibility for health and social care budgets and services has happened in only one area –…
One year on: devolution is here to stay8 May 2018Emily CarterWill devolution ever become the norm in England? With Metro Mayor Number 8 recently elected in the Sheffield City Region and the North of Tyne deal next up in 2019, it certainly…
Ambitious low emissions goals set as Andy Burnham opens LowCVP’s Moving North conference12 Apr 2018Gill MorrisAmbitious low emissions goals set as Andy Burnham opens LowCVP’s ‘Moving North’ conference The Mayor of Greater Manchester came together…
The road to zero: how Greater Manchester is going green15 Mar 2018Jonathan SpruceCllr Alex Ganotis, Leader of Stockport Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority Lead for the Environment, Green Spaces and Air…