It is welcome that the new PM claims to offer more “hope”. There is, however, quite a big danger that he, like many other ...

The clearest of Andy Burnham’s proposed policies is introducing greater levels of devolution – the handing over of more power ...

On January 5, 2025, the Echo kindly printed my letter opposing devolution.

A wave of new combined authorities is bringing decisions on transport, planning and rural funding closer to home. Here’s what ...

But at least there is agreement that there is some upside to this strand of Burnham’s economic agenda. The same cannot be said for devolution, even fiscal devolution. Not that you would know it from ...

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister says he will ‘bring about biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen’ Andy Burnham vows to set up No 10 North as ‘nerve centre of rewired Britain’ ...

An annual general meeting in Magaluf, white water rafting and a Pokémon-themed assault course are among the crazy examples ...

One of the big disappointments of the Local Government Code is the failure of LGUs to pick up the responsibility for agricultural technical support for farmers. This failure has severely crippled ...

When Andy Burnham is handed the keys to 10 Downing Street on Monday, the United Kingdom will have its seventh prime minister ...

Do plans for 'levelling up' in the north mean lowering expectations - and less funding - for London?

Imagine a monochromatic world in which everyone is the same color: White. In a sense, that’s what pop culture, the history we’re taught in school and even religion often ask us to do by way of ...