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Trams and growth in West Yorkshire
Growth in West Yorkshire - plus what should happen next following the tram delay?
 • JP Spencer
Reasons for optimism
Updated statistics on bus usage and growth spending across the North
 • JP Spencer
What next for mayors
Abolishing PCCs and another look at the Devolution Bill
 • JP Spencer

November 2025

What does the Budget mean for the North?
Rachel Reeves’s second Budget in review
 • JP Spencer
What lies behind the rise of Rotherham?
Understanding the economy of South Yorkshire - and what the future might hold
 • JP Spencer
Is the North’s rail service improving?
And public ownership of the railways under the spotlight
 • JP Spencer
Momentum on the Mersey?
The growth of education and science in the Liverpool City Region
 • JP Spencer

October 2025

A new national park for the Pennines?
Only one upland area of England is not a protected landscape
 • JP Spencer
We split the atom
The deep roots of nuclear power in the North
 • JP Spencer
Why did productivity decrease in North Yorkshire?
The strange case of productivity only decreasing in one part of the North - what can we learn from it?
 • JP Spencer
Let Tracy Build
Mayors should be allowed to just build transport projects
 • JP Spencer
Is Cumbria seeing a resurgence in manufacturing?
And a Northern productivity league table
 • JP Spencer
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