Having A Mayor

Mayors are now a Labour project

After Thursday’s elections, English devolution is now in Labour’s hands, so what does it look like?

May 7, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

April 2024

Mayoral elections - the manifestos

By the end of last week, Sadiq Khan, Andy Streey, Tracy Brabin and Steve Rotheram all published their plans. What do they tell us?

Apr 22, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

Mayoral Elections - the state of play

Just 3 weeks to go until local and mayoral elections, here’s a flavour of where things are at across England.

Apr 11, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

March 2024

Andy Burnham: the scorecard

Greater Manchester's Mayor has done 7 years in the job, and is looking down the barrel of a decade of power post-May. How has he done?

Mar 15, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

February 2024

Mayoral elections get going...

68 days to polling day, but the election feels like it has started proper.

Feb 24, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

How do Mayors actually do their jobs?

Behind the scenes in City Hall…

Feb 15, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

Why is nobody talking about the London Mayoral election?

The Greater London Assembly & London Mayor are both up for election in May, but you’d struggle to tell…

Feb 1, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

January 2024

Let's talk about Levelling Up...

What actually is it, and is it working?

Jan 25, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

What the Tories might do next on English devolution

The Conservatives ushered in the era of English devolution, but what do they think, and where does it go next?

Jan 18, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

What have Mayors achieved in their first 7 years?

Since 2017, Metro Mayors have been defining English devolution and going into May’s election, its useful to see what the story is so far…

Jan 11, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

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Labour & English Devolution

A snapshot of Mayoral elections, Labour’s approach to English devolution, and what levelling up will look like under Labour.

Jan 4, 2024 • 

Ant Pickles

December 2023