Briony Allen
Research Assistant
All work
Regional mayors
Regional mayors are directly elected regional leaders of mayoral strategic authorities. But what do they do?
Mayor of the West of England
On 1 May 2025 voters in the West of England elected the region's new mayor..
Mayor of South Yorkshire
On 2 May 2024, voters in South Yorkshire elected their metro mayor.
Mayor of the North East
How was the first mayor of the North East elected?
Mayor of the East Midlands
On 2 May 2024, voters elected Claire Ward as Mayor of the East Midlands.
Scottish independence
How could a second referendum on Scottish independence happen?
How the government can support better decision making in mayoral combined authorities
Making England’s ‘devolution revolution’ a reality.
Nine things we learned from the English devolution white paper
What the white paper does and does not contain, and what challenges lie ahead for the government.
Lords reform: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results
What the government can learn from successive attempts at Lord reform for its Hereditary Peers Bill.
Independent review of sentencing: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results
What the government can learn from New Labour’s pensions review for its sentencing review.