Professor of Political Sociology @scipoluniurb. Former Director & now Associate Fellow @IPPRNorth. Devolution/ Territorial Politics/ Regions/ #LocalGov
Sheffield, England
Joined May 2013
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Honoured and flattered to be awarded the Joni Lovenduski career prize at #PSA24
Many thanks to the @PolStudiesAssoc - the past couple of years have been a real rollercoaster, both in professional and personal terms, and this prize means a lot 🩵
✨Honoured to be included in @LGiU’s “Top 25 Thinkers in Local Government” — and deeply flattered to see my name alongside some true #localgov giants 🙏
lgiu.org/publication/lgius-t…
This is part of LGiU’s new Future Local Lab: a fantastic programme of resources to help local government prepare for and respond to the challanges of the future. Check it out here 👉 lgiu.org/future-local-lab/
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🎧Catch up on our latest #RadicalReformers 🎧 @aglaird is joined by @AriannaGi, Former Director & Associate Fellow at @IPPRNorth to get into the detail of the #Devolution White Paper buff.ly/4ggswYh #LocalGov #PublicServices
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One of @IPPRNorth quick wins for the North's transport network (cc former colleague @lukeraikes) is kicking off this weekend!
Well done everyone
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The historic Northumberland line will welcome its first passengers in 6 decades this weekend, slashing journey times and boosting jobs and opportunities across the region.
Great to join @KiMcGuinness @IanLaveryMP @N_landCouncil and @networkrail at Ashington station today.
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Give us a hand publicising if you can, please:
@SurreyCbe, @_PiAP, @populismPSA, @Zulianello_M, @_mlorimer, @p_chiocchetti, @AriannaGi, @Griffini_mari, @dadomani, @PSAGermany
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
In other news:
this morning I asked my husband to buy a Halloween t-shirt for our son. He duly returned home with a Halloween dog jumper 🐶🎃
🎯Great new report from Andy Pike @CURDSNewcastle & @JackTShaw on the geography of local authorities financial distress in England
sobering, yet essential reading ↓
bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/p…
✨Join us on 21 Nov at 4pm (in person & online) for this timely event on local democracy @CURDSNewcastle
Details, speakers lineup & registration link here 👇🏽
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🎯spot on from @profgviesti on risks of implementing differentiated reg autonomy without a clear roadmap: if gvmt keeps shifting goalposts (eg on essential levels of public service delivery) inequalities will widen, creating 1st & 2nd class citizens depending on region they’re in
Brilliant account as ever from @JenWilliams_FT
England’s mayors in diplomacy dance to shift balance of power ft.com/content/29c2f054-2590… via @ft
✨Another brilliant article included in @LGStudies 50th anniversary special issue
🎯@sandfordm3 discusses what happened to local gov academics & research centres - and how/why fewer of them means there’s now a gap in reps of sector in relevant debates among policy-makers/making
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Will be of interest esp to many colleagues who, like me, have experienced these processes of forced eradication first hand
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Good piece from @JYDenham on the opportunities and risks of the newly established Council of the Nations and Regions👇🏽
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If devo agenda is to take a different (sustainable, inclusive) course, then also centre-local relations must do the same.
As long as Treasury orthodoxy & top-down impositions persist, no real change will happen.
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Most authorities - if not all - have now submitted their Expressions of Interest for a devolution settlement.
I've got some different results on my scorecard, but here's how @LGCplus has mapped them:
