In a combative speech, the prime minister will pledge to raise living standards and ‘face down’ threats of a volatile world Keir Starmer will attempt to brush aside critics of his economic strategy by insisting it can be the “antidote to division” being sown by the populist right. Under pressure to be more radical, the prime minister will tell the Labour party on Tuesday that economic growth “can either build a nation or it can it pull it apart” depending on who and which parts of the country might benefit. Continue reading...

As Cymru moves into uncharted political territory, what did the 2025 Cardiff Transformed conference tell us about the future?

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Emily Price A treasury minister has told a Welsh MP he should be “a little bit more grateful” for the railway funding Wales received in the UK Government’s recent spending review. Chief Secretary to t...

William Thomson, Founder, Scotonomics, Mark Hooper, Plaid Cymru Cllr in Barry, Kairin van Sweeden, SNP Cllr in Tillydrone/ Seaton/ Old Aberdeen. If our nations adopt a new economic approach that prior...

Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods calls for spending on ‘mission critical’ local regeneration schemes “Red wall” Labour MPs are urging Rachel Reeves to fund grassroots “social infrastructure” such as parks, community centres and libraries, as well as high-profile transport projects, to ensure voters in left-behind areas can benefit from growth. The Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (Icon), chaired by the Labour peer Hilary Armstrong and supported by a string of backbenchers, has identified 613 “mission critical” local areas. Continue reading...