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DevoManc should be viewed with suspicion

Michael Dawson By Michael Dawson Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured Posted: March 17, 2015

In her most recent article, Professor Francesca Gains contends that DevoManc is “an idea whose time has come” and that any opposition “underplays” the combined authority’s years of hard work. With the greatest respect to Prof Gains, her arguments overlook the reality of Manchester’s situation. The facts are as follows: In 2012, David Cameron stated […]

Tagged With: city council, David Cameron, devolution, DevoManc, elected mayors, regional mayors, Whitehall

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Policing the North

Michael Dawson By Michael Dawson Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted: January 8, 2015

Last month Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe called for fewer police forces in the UK as cuts in public spending change the way that out services have to operate . Here Michael Dawson, of devolution campaign group Campaign for the North says the region should have a single police force; There are many merits to Bernard Hogan-Howe’s recent […]

Tagged With: cuts, devolution, Police, policing, public spending

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Questions remain over Northern future

Michael Dawson By Michael Dawson Filed Under: Featured Posted: December 4, 2014

George Osborne announced additional funding for science and culture in the North in his autumn statement, but Michael Dawson of Campaign for the North, a political movement aiming for devo max for the region, says he didn’t go far enough. In the wake of the Autumn Statement, serious questions still need to be answered surrounding […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, Campaign for north, Northern Powerhouse, regional mayors

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