Why mayors matter

By Paul Swinney | 08 April 2024

Polling shows the public wants more local control over policy decisions, and directly-elected may...

Levelling up locally to bridge the divides

By Paul Swinney | 17 November 2021

What kind of plan should the levelling up White Paper set out, and where will urban leaders and t...

Changing the economic geography

By Paul Swinney | 08 March 2021

Paul Swinney believes last week’s Budget showed a Government intent on maintaining control from t...

Redrawing the map

By Paul Swinney | 19 January 2021

Councils are the bodies to lead high street regeneration – but not without reform, argues Paul Sw...

Central lines

By Paul Swinney | 14 December 2011

Unlocking the economic potential of mid-sized cities would allow them to make a far greater contr...