Why Whitehall doesn’t always know best
Levelling up can’t be a top-down process. Westminster has to empower local authorities and realise centralised design and control will…
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Boris Johnson’s “muscular unionism” will only drive Scotland further towards independence
The instruction to British diplomats to stop referring to the UK as a union of four nations is a symptom…
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Labour will never win again if it can’t acknowledge, let alone answer, the English Question
The old New Labour narrative that England is not a nation, only a set of would-be regions, is damaging the party.
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I’m starting to think everything I thought about the Conservatives and housing was wrong
Any housing strategy based on the idea that some homes will lose value is not a good one for the…
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If not now… never? Nicola Sturgeon on the battle for a second Scottish referendum
The First Minister discusses “utilitarian” nationalism, what Catalonia got wrong and Scotland’s future.
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The UK is one of the most centralised advanced democracies – it’s time that changed
Local power is key to pandemic recovery, says the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Devolution.
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How R&D can rebalance the economy
The UK spends just 1.7 per cent of GDP on research and development, leading to a dearth of innovation.
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How Brexit will impact the levelling up agenda
Leaving the EU will only deepen imbalances in the UK economy.
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