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What do Mayors want?
Whilst Mayors have the potential to deliver great things and real change, that doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong. It surely cannot be sustainable in the long term for Metro Mayors to be solely accountable to a Secretary of State? For the Government’s transformational Devolution Bill to succeed it must give some thought for how it plans to tick the accountability box - something which is currently missing from the list.
The North needs the BIG WIN to get moving, will the Chancellor ‘let go’ for growth?
Regional investment creates greater opportunity, realises ambitions and unlocks potential. With proper vision, collaboration and trust, Rachel Reeves can re-grow the economy, evaporate the debt and help the North go further and faster. In terms of what they can deliver for the Chancellor the North’s Metro Mayors deserve a better exchange rate.
What does full fat devolution mean for the North of England
Launching Devo North in Manchester, Devo Agency hosted its inaugural northern network and asked, ‘What does full fat devolution mean for the North of England?’
How much longer will the Great North be left waiting on the platform?
In anticipation of next month's spending review and recent Green Book rule changes, Gill Morris explores why unlocking Northern Powerhouse Rail is key to turbocharging economic growth across the Great North.
Mayors can do many things but they can’t stop small boats!
Devo Agency co-founder Gill Morris shares her thoughts on the rise of Reform UK, what the 2025 local elections really tell us and why now is the moment to double down on devolution, not retreat from it…
Devolution: A New Prescription?
Labour’s decision to abolish the world’s biggest quango, NHS England, is more than just another Whitehall restructuring. It’s a deliberate attempt to redraw the architecture of the health service…
The power to do things differently
If there is to be a devolution revolution there needs to be an agency which will inform and shape debate, one which understands what good devolution looks like, what it means, what it’s for and why devolution is the agency of change. That’s us!