English devolution – where are the women?
Every which way you look there is a shortage of women leaders in politics. Lack of diversity is not a…
Mayoral Election 2017
Metro Mayor Profile: Andy Burnham – Greater Manchester
Biography As a former Health Secretary and frontrunner for the Labour leadership, Andy Burnham is by far the most high-profile…
Metro Mayor Profile: Andy Street – West Midlands
Biography A successful businessman, appearing mild, practical and not too overtly party-political, Andy Street made the ideal candidate for the…
Metro Mayor Profile: Steve Rotheram – Liverpool City Region
Biography Prior to entering politics, Rotheram was a bricklayer with his own company for many years. He became a councillor…
Metro Mayor Profile: Ben Houchen – Tees Valley
Biography At 30 years old, Ben Houchen is the youngest of the six new Metro Mayors. Originally a solicitor by…
Metro Mayor Profile: James Palmer – Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
Biography James Palmer has been a councillor for East Soham in East Cambridgeshire for 10 years, and was leader of…
Metro Mayor Profile: Tim Bowles – West of England
Biography Tim Bowles has been a councillor for Winterborne in South Gloucestershire since 2011, where he is also president of…
Politics is changing: Who wins? Who loses?
We have a Tory party likely to increase its majority despite seven years of punishing austerity; an opposition with the…