Talking to my public sector counterparts this week elsewhere in the North, the feeling is very much that the new government is reverting to type and funnelling investment back to the south east. (View Post)

If Reform can get a hearing from the northern urban public sector middle class then the political world really will have shattered. Tbh, I'm still quite shocked at hearing voices openly critical… (View Post)

Unfortunately for the Tories, it's not obvious that any Tory MP, real or fantasy, would be doing any better. (View Post)

In reply to which, I stand by my earlier point. (View Post)

Not obviously the case. For us to know that this is good policy making we would need to know both costs and benefits. All we have here is benefits. (View Post)