Richard Leese Articles

A Labour government should take on the vested interests hindering devolution, writes Richard Leese Writing shortly after a vote that shows just how divided Britain is, demographically and geographically, both within places and between places, might seem an odd time to...

Ed Miliband's speech today setting out the emerging conclusions from Andrew Adonis' review of the jobs and growth agenda is another welcome indication that the Labour party recognises that uniform, centralised, and input-driven national programmes run from Whitehall...

Five years of economic downturn plus three years of blatantly unfair cuts have certainly taken their toll on Manchester, but the city is undoubtedly still in a much better position than it was 30 years ago. Then, a combination of recession, government cuts,...

High speed rail has the potential to transform the economic landscape of this country. The UK's future economic success has always depended on its capacity to trade competitively with other countries, the USA, the emerging economies, and just as importantly with the...