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Ed Cox

Ed Cox

Ed Cox is director of public services at the RSA and former director of IPPR North

Articles by Ed Cox

Reflections on the West Midlands trailblazer devo deal one year on

By Ed Cox | 20 March 2024

Ed Cox sets out his five takeaways from the first year of the West Midlands trailblazer devolutio...

The democratic dimensions of the Suffragettes' victory

By Ed Cox | 13 February 2018

Ed Cox looks at what last week's centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act means for...

Northern mayors risk Brexit Babel

By Ed Cox | 10 October 2017

Northern representatives should present a united front when meeting with EU negotiators, argues E...

Northern prosperity is national prosperity

By Ed Cox | 24 August 2017

Ed Cox calls on all regions and all sectors to demand fairer transport spending and help rebalanc...

Local government has failed to offer a stirring vision of the future

By Ed Cox | 04 July 2017

Imagination is needed more than ever in local government, writes Ed Cox.

Dear metro mayors, unite to seize an even bigger prize

By Ed Cox | 17 May 2017

Ed Cox addresses the six elected mayors directly, calling on them to join together and form an un...

The North must unite after Article 50 is triggered

By Ed Cox | 28 March 2017

As Theresa May initiates the UK's divorce from the EU, Ed Cox urges leaders in the North to take ...

Fixing the economy from Whitehall misses a key opportunity

By Ed Cox | 08 February 2017

For as long as we attempt to fix the economy from Whitehall, we will keep on failing, writes Ed Cox.

Rebooting devolution takes no more than common sense

By Jack Hunter | 01 February 2017

The devolution agenda has come to a standstill but it can still be revived. Ed Cox and Jack Hunte...

The Northern Powerhouse must be driven from within

By Ed Cox | 06 December 2016

Questions about the virtues of the Northern Powerhouse may have eased off, but Ed Cox says its ti...