Will “levelling up” outlast Boris Johnson?
Levelling Up Minister Neil O'Brien on regional development, the "changed" Conservative Party, and the Prime Minister's uncertain future.
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Jonny Ball
Jonny Ball is a special projects writer at the New Statesman.
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The Microsoft Exchange attack is the latest addition to a long list of Western grievances held against the rising…
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Does the Integrated Rail Plan break key pledges on levelling up?
Northern leaders have reacted with fury at the government’s proposals to scale back the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
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Automatons of the world unite!
How the party of workers began talking about the abolition of work.
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The “Houchenist” manifesto
The Mayor of Tees Valley is implementing a new kind of Tory agenda that mirrors global economic shifts.
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Jim O’Neill: “Our political system is slowly deteriorating”
The renowned economist and former minister talks about the Northern Powerhouse, the city-town dilemma and the north of England’s…
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Why are the UK’s trains so expensive?
Fares have increased by a fifth in real terms since privatisation, along with demand for rail travel.
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“Unesco don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Liverpool has reacted angrily to Unesco's decision to remove its heritage status. But what does it really mean for…
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