Archive of 23 June 2014

Directly elected mayors: A rare case of justified hypocrisy?

The public rejected directly elected mayors - so is George Osborne wrong to propose forcing them on voters?

George Osborne's 'northern powerhouse' speech in full

Read the script of the chancellor's speech setting out the case for linking northern England's cities together - and using a new high-speed rail link to do so, to boot - delivered in Manchester this morning