Adonis growth review Articles

One of the lesser commented-on aspects of Labour’s manifesto launch this week was Ed Miliband’s declaration that Labour would be seeking to win power in order to give it away. At the core of Labour’s offer to the country is a pledge to give power back to people so...

In the United Kingdom we have a long history of attributing the struggles of cities outside of the south of England to the decline of more traditional industries. Politicians from all parties have sought to reverse these trends, but in seeking to improve city...

Elections are always about the future. Tony Blair emphasised this point in his Philip Gould Lecture, perhaps because it was a reminder of Gould’s own relentlessly forward-looking politics. Yet an accounting is needed too. Because for the Labour party, Blair is now in...

It seems that, against all the odds, a new consensus on regional devolution is emerging. Andrew Adonis’ review is an important contribution to the debate around the need for greater devolution of budgets, resources and political powers from Whitehall. I particularly...