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James Palmer: How devolution can boost innovation and economic growth

Through partnership working, we can be more agile in meeting the infrastructure needs of the regions we represent.

By James Palmer | 11 December 2020

Ben Houchen: The North Sea must be at the heart of Britain’s net zero revolution

By offering strategic support to new industries, the Government can honour its promise to ‘level up’ the nation and turn the UK into a global leader.

By Ben Houchen | 6 November 2020 | 38 comments

Andrew Carter: Devolving responsibilities to our town halls must also mean devolving money

We should be asking ourselves what we want from local government in the future, particularly in light of the Covid-19 crisis.

By Andrew Carter | 22 September 2020 | 14 comments

Switching to more unitary authorities and directly elected mayors must be achieved by consent

There can be benefits to democracy – and efficiency from reform. But change must come from below – not be imposed from the top.

By Harry Phibbs | 8 September 2020 | 36 comments

Local elections 2020: Holding the mayoralties in the Tees Valley and the West Midlands will be key Conservative challenges

But Labour will be under most pressure. They will be defending seats in areas where they performed very poorly in the General Election.

By Harry Phibbs | 8 February 2020 | 8 comments

Samuel Williams: Bristolians are being poorly served by their current Mayor – the most deprived are hit the hardest

I commit to ensuring that education standards improve, and to back a freeport and eco-innovation enterprise zones.

By Samuel Williams | 5 February 2020 | 4 comments

Parvez Akhtar: The Conservatives will need to campaign hard to retain the Mayoralty of the West Midlands

The region is still strong Labour territory. We must ensure that Andy Street is at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.

By Parvez Akhtar | 28 October 2019 | 13 comments

Ben Houchen: The Conservatives are the party of towns

The image of large swathes of the north, as a post-industrial wasteland, filled with abandoned Victorian terraces, isn’t just wrong and offensive. It’s actively dangerous.

By Ben Houchen | 9 October 2019 | 9 comments

David Skelton: From Gateshead to ‘Ghosthead’, how our towns have declined

The Conservative Party could become the natural home for the urban working class if it revived these towns, David Skelton argues in his new book.

By David Skelton | 9 September 2019 | 23 comments

Greg Taylor: Johnson must be bold and deliver real fiscal autonomy

A serious devolution agenda would champion freedom from the suffocating tendrils of risk-averse Whitehall mandarins.

By Greg Taylor | 9 September 2019 | 55 comments

Andrew Laird: The Prime Minister’s devolution drive will protect public services from Brexit chaos

We cannot afford to have so much at risk of bandwidth bottlenecks in Westminster and Whitehall. It’s time to kickstart decentralisation.

By Andrew Laird | 23 August 2019 | 62 comments

James Palmer: Devolving adult education is helping to give young people the skills that they need

The previously centralised direction of spending was unimaginative and bureaucratic. Funding went into leisure courses.

By James Palmer | 19 August 2019 | 4 comments

Mark Weston: Why the present way of directly electing mayors is working badly for Bristol

This governance model’s real flaw is a complete lack of checks and balances on executive powers. I hope in 2020 we will end it.

By Mark Weston | 18 July 2019 | 16 comments

The local elections revisited: an analysis of results in the North East

Labour losses was the big story here. Many working class voters switched to backing independents, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats also gaining.

By Harry Phibbs | 24 May 2019 | 7 comments

Rachel Wolf: Not much changes when councils change hands. And voters know it.

Good luck to every Conservative standing for election today. Let us hope that in future much more power is devolved to the roles you are competing for.

By Rachel Wolf | 2 May 2019 | 21 comments

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