Who’s normal enough for Makerfield?
Andy Burnham is relying on his accent, and his taste for meat pie
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Former Labour mayor joins the Green Party
Jamie Driscoll will run as a Green candidate in the upcoming May elections
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How not to plagiarise Geoff Dyer
Also this week: Sunderland’s glory years and diluting drunken prose.
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Photo essay: The children of Thatcher’s Britain
Craig Easton’s images of one family capture the reality of state neglect.
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Letter from Wigan
In the post-industrial north, a town searches for a sense of belonging.
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The Scunthorpe crisis and the rebirth of national capitalism
By rescuing British Steel, Keir Starmer has marked a turn against neoliberal complacency. This realism should guide his government from…
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Fear and loathing in Liverpool
Why a “left-wing city” can still host a race riot.
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Can Labour save Scunthorpe?
The government can reverse the town’s fortunes with a long-term plan for British Steel.
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A Northumbrian pilgrimage
A poet’s journey through the north-east reveals our universal desire to belong to a place we call home.
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The Premier League must give more to grassroots clubs
Also this week: Rachel Reeves as Elmer Fudd, a chocolate windfall, and why England’s landmarks are crumbling.
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The cost of net zero in the town that steel built
Labour’s climate push risks leaving Scunthorpe behind.
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Southport and the rage of England
The violence of the summer has left deep scars, and open wounds, across the country.
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HS2 was never the north’s salvation
We have to abandon our obsession with this sinkhole of hope and money.
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Labour is yet to win over the north
Also this week: red-on-red mayor wars, lessons from the locals, and Michael Gove’s hanging baskets.
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What does the North East devolution deal mean for the region?
Labour candidate Kim McGuinness, independent Jamie Driscoll, and experts from the region discuss the largest devolution agreement to date.
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The Research Brief: attempts to tackle north-south inequality have failed
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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Battle cry of the Scouse dads
In their book Head North, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram continue to peddle a tired northern exceptionalism.
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Revolution in the Wirral
Also this week: world-class music in schools, and making space for culture.
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The Greens share the blame for HS2’s demise
Caroline Lucas and her allies can’t denounce the Tories for scrapping a project they spent years attacking.
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The Policy Ask with Martin Tugwell: “Free public transport could deliver economic, environmental and social benefits”
Transport for the North’s chief executive on devolution, infrastructure delivery, and his role in the Olympic opening ceremony.
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