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Red Wall turns up the heat on levelling-up
“I wish I could say this is a joke; it is not a joke”. Those were the words of BBC Today presenter Nick Robinson reporting that Michael Gove — the Secretary of State responsible for levelling-up — was late for an interview because he was stuck in the Broadcasting House lift.
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- Business
Life in a Northern Town
Expert opinion — Henri Murison, Northern Powerhouse Partnership
- Politics
Happy Christmas, war is over. Almost.
It may almost be Christmas but many Labour MPs are already thinking about the summer of 2024.
- News
COP or flop? Creating the climate for change
I was not even a twinkle in my mother’s eye when the first Conference of Parties (COP) met in 1995.
- Politics
Money for nothing
There’s a Harry & Paul sketch in which Harry Enfield plays Tony Blair on his first day as a part-time adviser to the investment bank ‘Lorgan Stanley’. They’ve forgotten they appointed him when he stood down as Prime Minister and are taken by surprise when he turns up at reception.
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Carbon capture: walking the line between levelling up and the union?
In the mid 2000s, I spent a couple of days in and around Aberdeen for a feature I was writing about how the oil industry was diversifying.
- Politics
Friday is the new Saturday: the Scottish Government’s answer to the ‘new normal’?
Not one aspect of our day-to-day lives has been left untouched by emergence of Covid-19 and the subsequent restrictions implemented to curb its grip on society. In the early days of the pandemic, trips to the supermarket became mission critical as we scoured shelves for the last remnants of toilet roll, flour, and other precious commodities.
