How London and Scotland stand out

It’s about what they contribute – and take from – the public finances.

David Kirkby: The National Living Wage could undermine the Northern Powerhouse – so let’s vary it by region

There are negative possibilities for the supply of jobs, positive ones for productivity – and a lot of variation across sections.

Steve Hughes: Osborne’s record. Some progress on the deficit. Slower going on rebalancing. But now he has a chance to deliver.

The second piece in our mini-series on whether the Chancellor is achieving the rebalancing of the economy he wants.

Cllr Robert Pritchard: The West Midlands Powerhouse draws nearer

Tamworth will be there at the table grabbing the opportunity of the new Combined Authority.

Judy Terry: Regional procurement in the public sector could save millions

Too often, existing suppliers have contracts renewed without proper scrutiny.

Lord Hennessy: Never before in recent times have constitutional possibility and peril jostled together quite like this

It’s crucial for the shared future of those who live in these islands that we should not Balkanise ourselves, in either structural terms or in our minds and hearts.

Five reasons Labour can’t be trusted with the future of England

Having left England out of the devolution deal, they then tried to break up the country. And that was just the start.

How Pickles has transformed local government over the past five years

Bureaucracy and political correctness have been cut back while taxes have been kept down.

Daniel Hannan MEP: The best answer to the West Lothian Question is localism

P.S: We need it for its own sake anyway.

Rebecca Coulson: Things are looking up, up North

Labour doesn’t own the North – it never did – and Conservatives can win here.

Chris Auckland: Regionalism wouldn’t work

Nobody identifies himself as a “south westerner”

Graeme Archer: No instant rush for more constitutional games, please

Our nation is the same as it was last week, but it feels very different. Must we dash to rewrite the constitution before Christmas?

James Wharton MP: I cannot ignore the threat that devolution poses to my region

I did not put pen to paper before last night’s result. But I now need to express my concern.

Tories should turn their backs on snobbery

Away from the playgrounds of the prosperous, “tattoo-parlour Britain” is very much today’s Britain

The Tory leadership needs to start talking about England again, ahead of 2015

They promised to address the West Lothian Question. Now they’re just ignoring it. If they carry on, UKIP and Labour will capitalise.