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Articles tagged with: metro mayors
Voters Are Split On Backing Candidate Over Party At Mayoral Elections
Political parties
Voters Are Split On Backing Candidate Over Party At Mayoral Elections
New data has shown that voters are split as to whether to prioritise candidate or party in May's mayoral elections meaning the results may not prove to be the best bellwether for anticipating the outcome of this year's general election.
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Environment
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Former Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, who resigned over the government's plans to offer new oil and gas drilling licences, believes voters should "go local" to encourage policy to achieve net zero by 2050.
Counties need the same attention as cities for levelling up to succeed
Economy
By Ben Bradley MP
Counties need the same attention as cities for levelling up to succeed
If we are to be successful in levelling up the country, putting powers in the hands of local communities coupled with ambitious levels of investment for those places, will go a long way to delivering this aim.
Is Boris Johnson Playing Favourites With The Metro Mayors?
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
Is Boris Johnson Playing Favourites With The Metro Mayors?
England's metro mayors have been at the forefront of a new governance landscape. They talk to Georgina Bailey about the future of the mayoralties, and how their parties impact their abilities.
George Osborne: More NHS powers should be devolved to English metro mayors
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
George Osborne: More NHS powers should be devolved to English metro mayors
The metro mayor system was the Coalition’s answer to English devolution, and an early version of “levelling up”. Georgina Bailey talks to its architect, former chancellor George Osborne, about how the mayoralties have progressed from his original vision.
Conservative Andy Street Is Re-Elected As West Midlands Mayor After A Tight Race
Political parties
Conservative Andy Street Is Re-Elected As West Midlands Mayor After A Tight Race
Conservative Andy Street has been re-elected as West Midlands mayor for a second term, though without the significant Tory surge seen on Teesside.
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
Communities
By Georgina Bailey
Levelling up: from slogan to strategy
The government’s flagship domestic agenda promises to spread wealth to ‘left-behind’ towns and improve the education and employment prospects of those living in them. But can No 10 move ‘levelling up’ from rhetoric to real life? Georgina Bailey uncovers the hopes, expectations and barriers to tackling regional inequality