We already have a track record of getting real results – imagine what we could do if the shackles were off.
Why has neither he nor Heaton-Harris pushed back against Sinn Fein’s nonsensical claims about ‘joint authority’ with Dublin?
Also: Heaton-Harris holds firm on threat of fresh Stormont elections, but DUP insist they won’t restore power-sharing without movement on the Protocol.
The different approaches between London and Belfast on one side, and Edinburgh and Cardiff on the other, will mean higher costs and less choice for consumers.
Even now, the SNP can’t get the voters to the point of backing the break-up of the UK – and a Labour government wouldn’t make it any easier.
Cutting the 45p rate puts fresh pressure on the SNP’s revenue-hostile policies; spending cuts will squeeze their budgets again.
During the Truss era, the role of Metro Mayors in finding locations for low-regulation investment zones could be significant.
But there are truths in life – for example, that a stich in time saves nine, beggars can’t be choosers…and that you can’t spend more than your earn. His premiership ends with record spending and taxes.
The East Midlands is missing out on billions of pounds compared to the West Midlands. People feel disenfranchised by distrust of the two major parties.
I was able to welcome Truss to the Commonwealth Games . What better place to see her commitment to the regions, as it was her who signed the letter confirming Government funding for Birmingham to host.
A Labour activist with an £85,000-per-annum sinecure left her unpaid Manchester counterpart to fight for British clubbing.
Tories need to learn from the past: putting the problem out of mind is what squandered the victories over devolution in 1979.
Where the Conservatives have scrapped centuries-old taxes, Labour and Plaid Cymru can’t stop dreaming up new ones.
Decentralisation sits comfortably within the Tory tradition – and pays clear political dividends as well.
Truss and Clarke will inherit a good plan, and a strong agenda for delivering for the Red Wall – all they need to do now is deliver.