WESTMINSTER DOESN’T KNOW BEST: time to give power away
In this episode
We’re asking the big questions about where power lies in Britain. Why is government so centralised? Why are we so regionally unequal? Are the two linked? Local government guru Tony Travers talks us through the history. Then Sarah Longlands from IPPR North and Neil McInroy from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies chat about where we go from here.
Guests
Sarah Longlands (@sarahlonglands), director of IPPR North
Neil McInroy (@nmcinroy), chief executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES)
Tony Travers, professor in practice at LSE and director of LSE London
Benoit Hamon (@benoithamon), former French presidential candidate
Camille Maestracci (@KmilleMaes), journalist and podcast host
More info
IPPR North State of the North 2020/21 - Report (Dec 2020)
Guardian Covid deepens south and north of England inequalities, study finds (Dec 2020)
Neil McInroy Levelling up takes genuine devolution (Chap.1, CLASS report, Nov 2020)
Neil McInroy Levelling up needs to get real – but so does our response to it (Feb 2020)
Guardian The pandemic has exposed the failings of Britain's centralised state (May 2020
IFS Levelling up: where and how? (Oct 2020)
People’s Powerhouse What should levelling up of the North look like now Covid-19 has hit? (Nov 2020)