The QT

Monday 21 October 2024
21/10/2024

Author name: Arlen Pettitt

In a job he rather didnโ€™t exist

In an ideal world, Sean Soulsby would make himself redundant. โ€œIn charity, you should be trying to do yourself out of the job,โ€ he says, as he explains his role as chief executive of The Children’s Foundation, meaning youโ€™re always looking to fix problems. Sean has been with the charity since 2019, but looks forward …

Our region needs One Vision

How do you get what you want? You ask for it. Itโ€™s time that as a region we got better at that, and doing it in a unified way. This is, afterall, the region which gave the world the phrase โ€˜Shy Bairns Get Nowtโ€™. We ought to be better at asking for things and making …

‘Trailblazer’ Hunt gets priorities right

Typically thereโ€™s not an awful lot of mystery left when it comes to Budget day. However, Jeremy Hunt had a few positive surprises for the North East. Most notably, the Chancellor announced a โ€˜trailblazerโ€™ devolution deal for the North East, which the official Budget documents say โ€˜will provide a package of new funding potentially worth …

A year of challenge and change

If youโ€™re reading this, then chances are you are more curious and more engaged than most. Youโ€™ll have some sense of this being a significant year for the North East. Letโ€™s lay out exactly how itโ€™s significant, and what role there is for all of us as part of it. Thereโ€™s the expected General Election, …

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