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- 4 days ago1h 6m
City Talks: Henri Murison
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Henri Murison, Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership for the past ten years and previously a councillor for Newcastle. They discuss what's changed since Henri first entered the devolution space as well as the recent Budget, the fiscal devolution roadmap and the upcoming Rewiring the State delivery plan.
- 1 weeks ago18 min
City Talks: Breaking down the Budget
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Anthony Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the big announcements relating to regional growth in yesterday’s Budget, including the fiscal devolution roadmap.
- 2 weeks ago58 min
City Talks: Lessons from City Deals
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Ian Taylor, Associate at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-Redi), and Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair of Urban and Regional Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School. They discuss their paper 'Lessons learnt from the differing investment strategies and enabling contexts of UK city deals' and the implications surrounding current policy.
- 3 weeks ago30 min
City Talks: Maximising council housebuilding
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Maurice Lange, Senior Analyst to discuss the different approaches to housing that came out of Labour and Conservative Party Conference as well as diving into the actions that need to be taken by national, local and mayoral government to maximise council housebuilding.
- Oct 7, 202658 min
City Talks: Laura Shoaf
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Laura Shoaf, former Chief Executive of West Midlands Combined Authority, former Managing Director of Transport for West Midlands, and currently a non-executive director at DfT and board member for TfL. They discuss the evolution of the devolution agenda since the start of Laura's career and what's needed for further progress.
- Sep 30, 202626 min
City Talks: Labour Party Conference debrief
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Director of Policy and Research Anthony Breach to recap Labour Party Conference 2026. They discuss our ‘In Conversation’ sessions with the mayors, implications from the leader’s speech and the atmosphere inside the secure zone.
- Sep 21, 202657 min
City Talks: Mike Emmerich
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Mike Emmerich, Founding Director of Metro Dynamics and former Chief Executive of New Economy Manchester, to discuss his forthcoming book, The Knowledge Broker: Sir Howard Bernstein's Manchester and Lessons for National Renewal, due out in March 2027. They also discuss his independent devolution review, Bringing Dynamism into Place, which examines the institutional capability, leadership and partnerships needed to turn devolution into sustainable economic growth across the UK.
- Sep 15, 202618 min
City Talks: Good growth in every postcode?
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Director of Policy and Research Anthony Breach to discuss good growth in every postcode, overnight visitor levies, corporation tax and why it should be part of the fiscal devolution debate and the roadmap that we'll see at the October budget.
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