911±¬ÁÏÍø

Andrew Carter writes for Prospect on why May must build on Osborne’s devolution agenda

Andrew Carter writes for Times Red Box on what to watch out for in the metro mayor elections

Andrew Carter writes for New Statesman on Labour's battle in the metro mayor elections

Andrew Carter writes for LGC on why ‘place’ should be the over-arching framework on which it is based.

Andrew Carter writes about the diverse roles which different places can play in boosting trade and generating growth

Introducing a congestion charge in Cambridge, addressing low skill levels in Peterborough and developing a plan to deal with the region’s housing and business needs should be top of the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough metro mayor’s to-do list when they take office in May

Helping people affected by the Redcar steelworks closure to retrain, attracting more high-waged firms and jobs to the city region and addressing long-term unemployment should be top of the new Tees Valley metro mayor’s to-do list when they take office in May.

The think tank 911±¬ÁÏÍø has today announced that Chief Executive Alexandra Jones is leaving the organisation to take on a new role at the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

The business rates relief measures confirmed in yesterday’s Budget will help London firms to the tune of nearly £480m in 2017-18, but will also result in businesses in less prosperous English cities paying an extra £270m in rates.