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News that Boris Johnson has proposed moving both Houses of Parliament to York while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished...
Read moreDetailsJane is an experienced campaigner and former university politics lecturer. She is a member of the Labour Party [Yorkshire and Humber] regional executive. She was head of the England team for Friends of the Earth and more recently coordinated the Brexit Civil Society Alliance. Jane is a committed devolutionist - she helped set up the campaign for the English regions and was director of Campaign for Yorkshire until 2004. Jane has three grown up children and lives in Sheffield with her husband, where she is involved with Sheffield’s Fairness Campaign.
News that Boris Johnson has proposed moving both Houses of Parliament to York while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished...
Read moreDetailsThe belated news that wearing face masks is so important that we have to wait another ten days before it...
Read moreDetailsThere are 170 days until we leave the EU, and just five working days left before MPs go off on...
Read moreDetailsWith a final flourish, Sunak announced the latest BOGOF scheme to hit the high street
Read moreDetailsA lot could still go wrong, but this an opportunity to do the right thing with more honesty, transparency and...
Read moreDetailsWhat’s happening in Scotland should be one of the biggest political stories in Britain right now and it’s barely making...
Read moreDetailsToday’s daily press briefing was important, coming as it did on the eve of lockdown restrictions being lifted despite thousands...
Read moreDetailsJohnson continues to use the 'whack-a-mole' analogy to explain his strategy. It may explain where the government is going wrong
Read moreDetailsAs Leicester goes into lockdown, it’s a reminder of what a big week this is for Boris Johnson, culminating in...
Read moreDetailsAt a devolution summit held in Leeds earlier this year Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry talked of a “devolution dash”...
Read moreDetailsThe publication today of two reports into Labour’s dismal showing in last December’s general election will be instructive reading for...
Read moreDetailsMarcus Rashford has called on the government to reverse a decision not to provide free school meal vouchers during the...
Read moreDetailsFigures from today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) report makes for grim reading
Read moreDetailsAnother week, another raft of measures from the government to combat Covid-19, all sending conflicting messages
Read moreDetailsToday Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted a global vaccine summit in London
Read moreDetailsGovernment initiatives over the last seven days have been rather like the 82 bus – none for ages and then...
Read moreDetailsWith the wealth of government initiatives in the last seven days, one can be forgiven for missing the announcement
Read moreDetailsThe details of the UK's exit from the EU is still being negotiated but an extension may be needed for...
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