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Urban infrastructure: Things to look out for in 2021
Six areas to watch in infrastructure policy this year.
Devolution, mayors and the pandemic
Can the de-centralization of political powers help the country to recover from the second lockdown?
Devolution is working, but it’s not finished yet
The recent stand off between Andy Burnham and the Government shouldn't be seen as a failure of devolution, it shows that it's working. But there's still more to be done.
Working with city mayors is the only way to level up in an unequal country
If metro mayors are defunded, sidelined or even scrapped then the Prime Minister’s levelling-up agenda will fail, and ultimately so, too, will his government argues Andrew Carter.
Everything you need to know about metro mayors
In May 2021, nearly 20 million people in England will be choosing city-region mayors. What are metro mayors and what do they do?
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City Talks: Politicians on levelling up during the Covid-19 pandemicFour senior politicians on how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the levelling up agenda - and why it's more important than ever.
Now is the time to speed up devolution in Yorkshire
While Central Government is having to deal with the effects of the pandemic, now is exactly the right time to be devolving responsibility and resources to cities and towns across the country, argues Andrew Carter.
Why economic policy driven by ‘fairness’ would make existing geographic inequalities worse
Arguing for more balance in how money is allocated across the country does nothing to tackle the varied challenges different places face in improving their economies.
No, the Green Book isn’t inherently biased towards London and the South
While the Treasury’s method of appraisal has been the focus of much recent ire, it is the lack of clear strategy from successive governments that should be the focus of the North’s frustrations.