devolution Articles

There is good news for the north-east of England this week, as its devolution deal – effectively paused since March – is back on track. Six of the seven members of the leadership board of the North-East Combined Authority (NECA) voted yesterday to support the...

On 1 April this year, the deal for the devolution of all health and social care funding to Greater Manchester was signed. This was the culmination of more than a year of hard work, and is truly groundbreaking – local control and influence over £6bn ­­of health and...

Britain’s potential must be Labour’s cause  —Britain is well placed to prosper in the 21st century. Along with blue chip global brands, we can boast a mid-sized business sector to rival Germany’s Mittelstand and a growing army of self-employed entrepreneurs, as well...

As offers for secondary school places go out in the post today, parents of 10- and 11-year-olds will be bracing themselves. They will be hoping they will not be like one of the 84,000 families that did not get their preferred choice secondary school last year – a...