Local Elections 2025 – What just happened?!
The 2025 local elections marked a significant moment in British politics. While headlines have focused on Reform UK’s rapid rise, the deeper story is
Convention of the North 2025 – Five key takeaways
The North’s biggest annual political and business event, the Convention of the North, took place in Preston, Lancashire, on 27 and 28 February. The
General Election 2024: What does the future hold for the North?
With tomorrow being polling day, we have finally (almost!) come to the end of the 2024 General Election campaign. Rishi Sunak’s surprise decision
A fiscal stimulus is welcome – but we need a ‘safety first’ culture to properly rebuild confidence
There is one overriding purpose to government at the moment and that’s injecting confidence back into UK PLC.
Summer economic update: no such thing as a free lunch?
Having listened to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘Summer Economic Update’, I am reminded of the saying: ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’.
How athlete activism is shaping the future of campaigns
Patient lobbying and the long, hard graft of campaigning cannot compete with the power, reach and natural eloquence of today’s athlete activism.
Devolution can supercharge our COVID recovery – let’s keep it moving!
It seems a long time ago that the Chancellor signed the West Yorkshire devolution deal at Nexus at the University of Leeds. It was only in March, just days before COVID-19 turned our lives upside down.
Zoom into planning
The Government has previously sought to restart the housing market by announcing a raft of further changes to support planning decision making. We are
Why press conferences should change after COVID-19
Following criticism of anonymous briefings on COVID-19 to select media, press conferences entered the spotlight as a daily part of the government’s efforts to keep the public updated on the pandemic response.
What does Keir mean for housing and infrastructure?
Before COVID-19, housing and infrastructure were in the political spotlight more so than for years. Will Keir Starmer’s coronation as Labour leader help keep it so?
Will Corbynism survive the lockdown?
Social’s Head of Major Projects Michael Vivona and Account Manager Freddie Palmer reflect on where the Labour Party goes next as Jeremy Corbyn prepares to depart.
Budget 2020: Show me the money!
When Rishi Sunak was appointed Chancellor a few weeks ago people said that Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings would end up writing this Budget.