Albert Bore Articles

Business on the public accounts committee is hardly glamorous, but I am learning just how gemstone-precious are the insights it offers. Recent discussions surrounding elements of the government’s devolution efforts to date have been enlightening in many ways: and not...

One of the key debates in democratic government over recent decades has been the restoration of the profile given to cities. If not quite on a par with the city states of renaissance Italy, cities are nevertheless clearly recognised for their role in the new global...

By the time you read this the leadership election will be over. On a grey cold day in September, as the calendar ticks to 13, Jeremy Corbyn slipped through the door of Victory Mansions. And yet, this is not a piece about Corbyn. This is a piece about how opposition...

Rightwing populism has been on the rise on both sides of the Atlantic. Where is its leftwing counterpart, asks Anthony Painter BIRMINGHAM city council faces monumental cuts and, following last year’s local elections, is now led by a Labour administration. Through...