Towns and smaller settlements can and should be part of “levelling-up”
Government needs to look beyond the big cities to what local government can deliver.
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Community Wealth Building should be at the heart of levelling up
The chief executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies on what a real levelling up strategy should look like
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Tracy Brabin: How West Yorkshire’s mayor came home
The region's first-ever metro mayor on cultural capital, transport and rebuilding Labour’s image in the north.
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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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The return of pork barrel politics
The government has been accused of undermining levelling up by using its spending power to steer votes – but what…
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Universities have a role far beyond education
Northern academic institutions will play a key part in helping their regions emerge from the pandemic stronger and more sustainable
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Regional Development: Access to opportunity
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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 relationship…
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