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01 Oct 2023 Education

We owe it northern children to tackle disparity in our schools

When you talk about the future, you're talking about our children. Yet, a worrying portrait emerges when we look at the disparities our northern youngsters face.

11 Sep 2023 Political parties

Northern voters need a reason to trust the Conservatives again

The 2019 General Election was a watershed moment for the Conservative Party. By winning 45 traditional ‘Red Wall’ seats, the Tories broke Labour’s monopoly over northern England and demonstrated they can win in post-industrial Britain.

22 Feb 2023 Culture

Long-awaited football governance is needed to protect the future of northern clubs

Few places illustrate the importance of professional football clubs to local communities than my constituency of Hyndburn.

19 Jan 2023 Economy

Our ambitious levelling up agenda will unlock the potential of the entire country

In recent weeks, the government has applied a laser-like focus to restoring trust in the economy and dealing decisively with inflation.

17 Feb 2022 Communities

Place and culture are key to levelling up the north

Even before Constantine was acclaimed Roman Emperor in York, the capital of lower Britain in 306AD, the north of England was an integral and important part, albeit a distinct one, of what is now the UK.

01 Feb 2022 Communities

Levelling up white paper must turbo charge a new era of genuine devolution to revive deprived areas

The long-awaited levelling up white paper is just around the corner.

19 Jan 2022 Communities

Northern culture must be at the heart of post-pandemic recovery to truly level up

Culture connects people and communities like nothing else.

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08 Dec 2021 Transport

RIA responds to northern Transport Decarbonisation Strategy

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23 Oct 2021 Transport

RIA responds to funding announcement for the North and Midlands

20 Jul 2021 Communities

Levelling up should radically re-imagine how regions across England are empowered

Devolution in England is a positive step, but the balance of power is still overwhelming tipped in favour of Whitehall, and pots of money – like the Levelling Up Fund – remain centrally controlled and come with far too many strings attached.

15 Jul 2021 Economy

The North deserves to play for England

It is time for the North to take its rightful seat at the table as an economic powerhouse. It is incumbent on local leaders to seize this opportunity of radical devolution and go full steam ahead to turbo charge their regions.

09 Mar 2021 Economy

We need a new approach to devolution when we rebuild the post-Covid economy

The APPG on Devolution is calling for an English devolution taskforce to define a new ‘baseline’ of powers available to every local council.

18 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Make use of local resources to achieve rural roll-out of the vaccine

The beginning of the end is in sight. But if remote areas of the UK are to get there safely, some community planning is required

07 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Council purses cannot continue to cover the costs of Covid unsupported from government

Unless more is done, more high street icons will be confined to memory, cultural institutions will continue to collapse, and more and more people will turn to the state in order to simply survive

19 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

There remains a deep sense of grievance about the treatment of the North throughout this pandemic

Government only act when they feel the direct impact to their own lives, and those they can relate to. The contempt the North was treated with during the tiered local lockdowns is evidence of that.

11 Nov 2020 Economy

If the Spending Review lacks ambition, we will miss a vital opportunity to level up the North

The brutal reality is that the North is on course for levelling down, not levelling up. Covid-19 must not become an excuse to delay the transformative investment needed to level up.

02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Exclusive Polling Reveals Just 35% Of Brits Believe The Government Is Still Committed To 'Levelling Up'

An exclusive poll for The House reveals support for the Chancellor’s handling of the economy – but north-south divide over the government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda. Kate Proctor reports

09 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Downing Street Has Officially Told Northern Leaders More Lockdown Measures Are On The Way

Downing Street has tonight written to local council leaders and regional mayors in the north of England to say it is "very likely" some areas will face further lockdown restrictions.

08 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Robert Jenrick Has Admitted Local Covid Lockdowns Haven't Had Their Desired Impact, But The North Still Faces Restrictions

Robert Jenrick has admitted local coronavirus lockdown restrictions haven't had the impact they had hoped for despite reports that pubs and restaurants in northern England could be forced to close again.

30 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is Spreading Most Rapidly Among Young People in The North East and North West

Coronavirus cases in England are growing most rapidly among 20 to 40-year-olds in the North East and North West, according to new government data.