John Stevenson MP, Dehenna Davison MP and Jake Berry MP discuss the economic, social and political future of the North of England.
Our next live online event features Jake Berry, Dehenna Davison and John Stevenson, leading lights of the Northern Research Group.
The final article in ConHome’s series on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
There is deprivation and lower educational attainment in the southern new towns, coastal communities, inner cities and rural coldspots.
The first of a ConHome series this week on Boris Johnson’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
The manifesto path means doing things now. The Cameroon path relies on a public rejection of much said before. A vague agenda in the middle won’t cut it.
If they can’t make a real impact on the lives of working class voters in provincial seats, Johnson will meet the same electoral fate as Trump.
Duncan Smith names “five giants”: family breakdown, worklessness, serious personal debt, addiction and educational underachievement.
They can seem remote from the everyday priorities of people here at home. But at its heart, trade is a powerful way to deliver what people really care about.
It is a bad sign both for the Government and devolution that the Greater Manchester Mayor has been able to run rings round Ministers.
I will be returning regularly to this theme: the need to create a mainstream English and Welsh majority from shore to shore.
We have to level with people, give them support and offer them something to look forward to.
People feel the Government has not just abandoned communities [in the North], but is now actively working against them, she says.
Our research with low-income voters in some of these areas revealed that many are not expecting miracles. They simply want better local services.