Alex Nice
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Local elections 2024: Mayor of South Yorkshire
On 2 May 2024, voters in South Yorkshire elect their metro mayor.
Local elections 2024: Mayor of West Yorkshire
On 2 May 2024, voters in West Yorkshire vote to elect their metro mayor.
Local elections 2024: Mayor of Liverpool City Region
Voters in Liverpool and five neighbouring boroughs are preparing to elect the mayor of Liverpool City Region.
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Local elections 2024: Mayor of South Yorkshire
On 2 May 2024, voters in South Yorkshire elect their metro mayor.
Local elections 2024: Mayor of West Yorkshire
On 2 May 2024, voters in West Yorkshire vote to elect their metro mayor.
Local elections 2024: Mayor of Liverpool City Region
Voters in Liverpool and five neighbouring boroughs are preparing to elect the mayor of Liverpool City Region.
Local elections 2024: Mayor of Greater Manchester
Incumbent Labour mayor Andy Burnham is standing for the third time in May's mayoral elections.
Helen Liddell
Baroness Liddell discusses entering government in 1997, the challenges of running the Scotland Office and transitioning from government to diplomacy.
Net zero and devolution
The UK government’s current top-down approach to net zero has hamstrung locally elected mayors’ efforts to deliver net zero.
Three steps for government and local leaders to make England’s devolution deals work
The lessons the government should learn from the last wave of devolution to city-regions.
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy reflects on his time as secretary of state for Scotland and as a junior minister
How metro mayors can help level up England
Government must give more powers to mayors to make levelling up a success
Local elections 2022
On 5 May, local elections will take place in England, Scotland and Wales.