As Keir Starmer heads to conference, what is Labour’s answer to levelling up?
Keir Starmer would be forgiven for heading down to Brighton for Labour conference this weekend feeling slightly more…
Andrew Carter
Our broken planning system deepens wealth inequality and needs reform
Britain is a divided nation. Divided by identity, by Leave or Remain, by city and country. The scale…
Labour must embrace devolution in the age of automation
The upheavals of recent years suggest that making predictions about British politics is increasingly a fool’s errand. But…
Labour must recover its spirit of federalism to take the lead on cities
If you are squeamish at mentions of the widening economic gap between the South of England and the…
It’s time to put the Green Belt back on the table
The UK’s housing crisis has finally been recognised across the political spectrum as an issue that needs urgent…
Where next after the ‘Devolution Frenzy’?
With Labour Councils controlling the eight largest city economies outside of London, and nearly all of the other…
What does the Spending Review mean for growth in our cities?
Over the last two days we’ve been bombarded with hundreds (at least it feels like it) of policies,…
