It’s time for Whitehall to stop micromanaging councils’ spending
27.03.23 By Jessica Bowles, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Impact at Bruntwood and Visiting Fellow at the Heseltine Institute...
Read moreIs the North about to finally take back control?
01.01.23 By Henri Murison, Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Could the North finally be starting to take back...
Read moreMayoral Elections 2021: Why they matter
On Thursday 6th May 2021, voters in seven city regions – West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the Tees Valley, the...
Read moreWhitehall must give power to regions or admit levelling up means nothing
04.05.21 By Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership In March, Greater Manchester (where I grew up),...
Read moreReal devolution needs grown-ups in the driving seat
09.02.21 By Henri Murison, director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership The campaign for a Mayor in West Yorkshire has...
Read moreWe need to end Whitehall’s grip on the North
27.11.20 By Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership In last week’s Spending Review, the Chancellor announced...
Read moreNorthern business leaders call for a clear roadmap out of lockdown
02.11.20 80 prominent Northern business leaders have written to the Prime Minister to warn that levelling-up is at risk...
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Read morePower up the North: Levelling up in recovery
04.09.20 The Northern Powerhouse, since its launch in 2014, has seen some progress but too many false dawns. As...
Read moreRecovery for all: how the Northern Powerhouse can lead the economic recovery
20.05.20 Polling demonstrates huge support for investment in education, green jobs and fibre broadband Proposals show how the government...
Read moreThe North and Midlands ‘must take control’ to deliver true benefits of HS2 and NPR, says review
16.10.19 A report by the Northern Powerhouse Independent Review into HS2 says the North and Midlands must take control...
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