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Transport can be the driver for the Northern Powerhouse

By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

The outgoing coalition government launched the Northern Transport Strategy just days before the start of the General Election campaign – surely no coincidence. Professor Graham Winch looks beyond the short-term politics to explain why the outlined investment is worth it. The just published Northern Transport Strategy aims to use better transport links in Northern England […]

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Will a Greater Manchester Mayor mean even more great stuff happens?

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At the Summat New event in Leeds, a group of 20 people from the North, who had never met before, sat in a circle and asked this question: “Are the voices of people living and working in places in the north of England fairly heard in our national conversation?” Here Andrew Wilson answers the question. The […]

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Against Ad Hocery: UK Devolution and the Need for Consultation, Consensus and Consideration

Martin SmithDave Richards By and Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted:

Last month the Political and Constitutional Reforms Committee published a report on the future of devolution, in the wake of the Scottish Referendum. Here Dave Richards and Martin Smith pick the report apart and look at the implications for devolution in the UK. The newly published report on the Future of Devolution after the Scottish […]

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Reorganising the NHS: Never again?

Kieran Walshe By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

As we approach the election, the  prospect of yet more organisational restructuring for the NHS fills Kieran Walshe with dismay.  The next government needs to focus more on changes which make a difference to patients, and which are founded on good evidence about what works. The ability to hold two conflicting positions in your mind […]

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What role might cities play in UK asylum policy?

By Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured, Urban Posted:

Government policy towards asylum seekers is being challenged. Dr Jonathan Darling asks if this should become part of the debate on the devolution of powers. Disagreements between local authorities and the Home Office over asylum seeker dispersal numbers and arrangements have a long-standing history in Britain. Yet recently they have garnered greater media attention due […]

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A Northern Science Powerhouse? Yes, but…

Kieron Flanagan By Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured Posted:

The Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation is good news for Northern England, but reform of research funding is needed to create a sustainable scientific ‘powerhouse’ in the North, argues Dr Kieron Flanagan. Chancellor George Osborne has made much in recent months of his ambition to help the cities of Manchester, Leeds, […]

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DevoManc should be viewed with suspicion

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

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 […]

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What health and social care can learn from UK devolution

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Greater Manchester has announced its plans for health and social care devolution and its oversight of providers.  Joy Furnival examines health and social care oversight functions across the UK and asks what Greater Manchester can learn from these. Devolution and integration of health and social care in Greater Manchester (GM) is the first of its […]

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DevoManc: does the future of health and social care start here?

Julia Segar By , and Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured Posted:

Devolving health and social care in Greater Manchester is an attractive idea.  But will the practical challenges undo it ask Kath Checkland, Julia Segar and Anna Coleman. Devolution has been coming to Greater Manchester (GM) for some time. The recent announcement that the total health and social care budget for GM  – £6bn – is […]

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Co-operation v competition

Iain Deas By Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted:

Northern England’s great cities are used to competing. So, asks Iain Deas, is it realistic to expect them to work together for the collective good? George Osborne’s continuing endorsement of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ raises important questions about future local economic development strategy. The idea underpinning the powerhouse proposal is that some of England’s principal Northern […]

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