During the UK general election campaign, we worked with colleagues to create a series of maps that show both how the climate has changed over the past two generations in each constituency, and how it will change over the next decade. You can look up the climate changes for your own constituency and see how …
The past 14 years of Conservative-led government have, in many ways, been a successful period for the UK’s universities. Student numbers have increased by 12 per cent to 2.9m. Real term income has grown by one third to £52bn. In the latest global ranking, there are four UK universities in the top 10 and 15 …
The newly-elected government needs to acknowledge the long-term structural concerns which impact on attainment and outcomes in North East schools, and the extent to which these have been exacerbated in recent years. A failure to act now risks turning the disadvantage gap in educational attainment into a disadvantage chasm. Much of the reduction of the …
At the end of my last column, I predicted that a terrible reckoning was coming for the Conservative Party as voters prepare to cast their verdict on its 14 years in power a week from today. Given that the past two weeks have shown that the Tories themselves now seem resigned to a catastrophic defeat, …
Last Wednesday it was confirmed that inflation returned to the Bank of England’s two per cent target in May, however the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee chose the next day to hold interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the seventh time. Since the start of the cost of living crisis, while inflation was, well, inflating …
Think of something that defines the North East, and your first thought — other than The QT, of course — may well be the ever-ubiquitous Greggs. From its first shop in Gosforth, the bakery business has expanded to over 2,400 UK locations, with a target of at least 3,000. Newcastle city centre alone has a …
The scale and reach of what we call the phone-hacking scandal is easily missed. It may be nearly 20 years since it first hit the headlines but right now, in the United States, it is chipping away at the credibility of the publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, who is accused of (and denies) …
Whether it’s Ben Houchen pledging to build a new hospital on Teesside, Kim McGuinness looking to save jobs at Hitachi, or Andy Burnham bringing buses in the North West back under public control, regional and city mayors are now established and ambitious power brokers in English politics. And as mentioned in my previous piece for …
When you get it right, it can be an election winner. Tony Blair captured the mood of ‘Cool Britannia’ to sweep to victory in 1997. Thatcher’s quip that any mother who could look after children all night and still function the next day could handle being PM, endeared her to the nation in 1979. Clement …
Sunderland is a city with a long tradition of music and musicians. From Dave Stewart and The Toy Dolls to Field Music, The Futureheads, Frankie and The Heartstrings, The Lake Poets, and emerging talent like Lottie Willis and Celadore — the list goes on. And this week, we take the first steps towards joining the …
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