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General Election 2019

Simon Jeffrey

One joy of a rare winter election is that it is now only four and a half months until the next chance for people to vote: May 2020 will see nearly 17 million people in England choosing city-region...

Matt Whearty

The National Infrastructure Commission’s new Next Steps for Cities programme raises important questions about the role of governance and politics in aiding – or frustrating – infrastructure delivery

Simon Jeffrey

Overcoming local political disagreements will be crucial in making a success of the mayoral office

Andrew Carter

The economic rationale of devolution has been lost. The Government needs to recover it to make the best possible success of this agenda.

Elena Magrini

The new schemes have a welcome focus on the different challenges facing combined authorities, who can take advantage by building on innovation in other places

Simon Jeffrey rounds up the key debates among the candidates vying to become the city region’s metro mayor