Fiscal DevoNation: a blueprint for devolving tax
20.03.23 How can we empower local government through fiscal devolution? Our new report, supported by EY, outlines a blueprint...
Read moreLong-term impact of long-term disadvantage
03.01.23 Tackling disparities in education is essential for growth, with 29% of long-term disadvantaged pupils receiving workless benefits at...
Read moreThe Internationalisation of the Northern Powerhouse
26.09.22 Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Northern Powerhouse has rocketed 72% in the last five years despite dropping...
Read moreFrom Industrial Revolution to Northern Powerhouse
Productivity in the North of England 08.02.22 Before there was the Northern Powerhouse there was the City Growth Commission,...
Read moreLife in a Northern Town
06.12.21 Towns are helped – not hindered – by links to nearby cities, according to our new report. Levelling...
Read moreHealth in the North
08.10.21 Our new report calls for local leaders to be given more responsibility for the NHS to improve health...
Read moreDevolution and Mayoral Elections 2021
17.05.21 The polls of May 2021 were the largest set of local elections in a generation. A significant part...
Read moreThe disadvantage chasm
27.01.21 Our new report shows that the number of pupils from poorer backgrounds rose across many parts of the...
Read moreHS2 and the Economy of the North
15.10.19 We commissioned Steer Economic Development (Steer-ED) in September 2019 to review the economic benefit of High-Speed 2 (HS2)...
Read moreNext steps for the Northern Powerhouse
25.02.19 This report sets out bold and challenging proposals for how we can deliver an economy that works for...
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