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Posts Tagged: Regionalism

Andy Street: The West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy ensures we are the workshop of the modern world

From transport tech and data-driven healthcare, to creative enterprises and the services sector, we are forging ahead.

By Andy Street | 12 February 2019 | 17 comments

Andy Street: Closing the veteran employment gap in the West Midlands

Former service personnel of working age are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as those in the UK general population.

By Andy Street | 20 November 2018 | 8 comments

Judy Terry: The Government is right to give Local Enterprise Partnerships more backing

Labour’s Regional Development Agencies were a failure. But the successor bodies are proving much more effective.

By Judy Terry | 28 October 2018

Garvan Walshe: Immigration and numbers. Let’s give control to the regions.

Both the type and quantity of migration that is desirable would be better decided at a more local level.

By Garvan Walshe | 11 October 2018 | 93 comments

Henry Smith: Why our ancient counties need preserving

While Lancashire is in the main in Lancashire, Wigan is both in and not in, like a Schrödinger county cat.

By Henry Smith MP | 18 August 2018 | 77 comments

Robert Halfon: Do Barwell’s bean-counters lack the vision to see why Tories must campaign for social justice?

Plus: why John Bald is wrong to be critical on this site of the Education Select Committee’s report on school exclusions.

By Robert Halfon MP | 1 August 2018 | 13 comments

Patrick Spencer and Gerard Lyons: Yes, the British jobs story is a good one – but we can’t count on it carrying on forever

A report published by the Centre for Social Justice today outlines four major traps that could jeopardise Britain’s employment miracle.

By Patrick Spencer and Gerard Lyons | 3 June 2018 | 16 comments

Peter Lilley: Sovereignty or prosperity? It’s a false choice. They go hand in hand.

Not being able to blame Brussels for our problems nor look to the EU for solutions will be immensely reinvigorating.

By Peter Lilley | 14 May 2018 | 134 comments

Monima O’Connor: Post-Brexit, Wales could boom as never before

Once free of EU regulations, the Government can finally revive Britain’s long-neglected network of regional airfields to bring regions closer to major markets.

By Monima O'Connor | 4 February 2018 | 57 comments

Ed Cox: The North has taken a step closer to getting the transport infrastructure it deserves

Transport for the North can now set its own priorities and make its own plans – but Westminster must devolve more powers to allow it to reach its full potential.

By Ed Cox | 11 January 2018 | 17 comments

Judy Terry: Labour’s plan to revive Regional Development Agencies is flawed

Little was achieved beyond inter-authority squabbling over priorities and endless consultants’ reports. The Local Enterprise Partnerships are much better.

By Judy Terry | 19 October 2017

Suzanne Malcolm: Council officials lack the knowledge to deliver economic development

Expertise in this are is key to successful localism and devolution and improving our prosperity, productivity and competitiveness.

By Suzanne Malcolm | 19 September 2017 | 6 comments

Charlie Elphicke: Ready on Day One for lower, fairer, simpler taxes to boost jobs and growth

The fourth article in a five-piece series by the author on how Britain must prepare for March 31 2019 – and has less than 600 days to get it right.

By Charlie Elphicke MP | 10 August 2017 | 58 comments

James Palmer: The Land Value Cap offers the chance of more affordable infrastructure

Capping the value of land adjacent to a new motorway, and recouping a charge from those who develop it, would help fund essential new roads.

By James Palmer | 30 July 2017 | 37 comments

Andrew Laird: Greater devolution would make for a more smooth-running nation

More powers for Andy Street in the West Midlands should just be the start.

By Andrew Laird | 27 July 2017 | 30 comments

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