Devolution & local leadership

A Brexit vision for a brazen North

Too many commentators have chosen to dismiss 2016 as a thoroughly bad year. I suspect history will judge it more kindly. From a Northern perspective, it may well go down as the year that Northerners...

12/01/2017

Blog post IPPR North Expert comment Devolution & local leadership Progressive Brexit

The northern powerhouse rolls on, but lacks leadership

As Cameron and Osborne left Downing Street, many suspected the northern powerhouse bandwagon would be pushed into a siding. They couldn't have been more wrong – but it's a runaway train that...

29/07/2016

Blog post IPPR North Expert comment Devolution & local leadership

Blueprint for a Great North Plan

There is broad agreement among stakeholders in the north of England that we need a 'Great North Plan' – and that we need to get on with drawing one up. This large-scale blueprint presents the best...

17/06/2016

Publication Business Devolution & local leadership IPPR North Report

City systems: The role of small and medium-sized towns and cities in growing the northern powerhouse

This paper argues for a more sophisticated understanding of the urban system in the North of England. It acknowledges the vital role that the big cities must play in driving northern prosperity, but...

10/06/2016

Publication IPPR North Report Devolution & local leadership

What should be top of Mayor Khan’s to-do list?

The jubilation that followed a hard-won and decisive victory will soon dissipate as the scale of the task facing him fast becomes very real. The energetic new mayor will be bombarded with calls for...

12/05/2016

Blog post London Expert comment Devolution & local leadership

Connecting lines: How devolving transport policy can transform our cities

Transport policy can be geared toward significant economic, social and environmental progress. Effective, well-integrated transport networks are able to drive inclusive economic growth, enable...

10/03/2016

Publication IPPR North Report Devolution & local leadership

New powers, new Scotland? How the Scottish parliament could use its new tax and benefit responsibilities

The devolution of greater powers over taxes and benefits to the Scottish parliament offers Scotland opportunities to both offset short-term challenges to its fiscal position, and to develop its own...

07/03/2016

Publication Budget Scotland IPPR Scotland Report Devolution & local leadership

Devolving power simply to abdicate it?

This week saw the publication of the Scottish Conservatives’ Independent Tax Commission. The report is pretty much the first insight that any of Scotland’s political parties have given us into their...

28/01/2016

Blog post Scotland IPPR Scotland Expert comment Devolution & local leadership

Empowering counties: Unlocking county devolution deals

This report considers how the decentralisation process is impacting on England's counties, and how these diverse areas can – by securing locally-specific powers and governance arrangements – boost...

16/11/2015

Publication Report Devolution & local leadership

The state of the North 2015: Four tests for the northern powerhouse

This year, IPPR North’s annual State of the North report looks to the long-term future and asks a simple question: How will we know whether the ‘northern powerhouse’ is working? Even prior to the...

27/10/2015

Publication IPPR North Devolution & local leadership Report Metro mayors