regional growth Articles

The government's vaunted industrial strategy represents little more than a codification of current practice, writes IPPR North director Ed Cox The government’s industrial strategy is welcome – but by trying run the economy from Whitehall, it misses the devolved...

When I heard that devolution was being criticised by CBI director-general John Cridland, I must admit I was puzzled ­– it seemed another missile from the City of London to the provinces was on its way. After all, Plymouth’s Labour council, which I lead, has just done...

It is a little known fact that Labour governments have brought forward the vast majority of pro-nuclear policies during the history of the industry in Britain. Clement Attlee’s government – faced with an American government that withdrew from nuclear cooperation after...