Gove dodges questions on Teesworks controversy and defends freeports
The Levelling Up Secretary refused to confirm a date for reporting on potential wrongdoing in Tees Valley.
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Neoliberal growth or community wealth: which path will Labour choose?
How the tensions between different models of local development are resolved will define the UK’s economic future.
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What does it mean when a council declares bankruptcy?
Local governments across England are worried about their finances, and we should be too.
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Selling off assets won’t stop council bankruptcies
The government hopes someone else will deal with the problem of inadequate local authority funding.
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The NatWest chair thinks it’s “not that difficult” to buy a home. Is he right?
Howard Davies prompted a furious nation to throw its toast at the radio with his comments on house prices.
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Why industrial policy is the growth engine of modern economies
The government is hopelessly stuck in the old world of free market shibboleths. Labour mustn’t fall into the same trap.
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The Policy Ask with Mat Ilic: “We need retrofit subsidies to lower bills and reduce emissions”
The co-founder of the green skills start-up Greenworkx on energy efficiency, Barack Obama and the Online Safety Act.
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Growth alone isn’t enough to end poverty in the UK
Magically boosting annual GDP figures can’t be seen as an end in itself.
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