The Mayor of London has just announced plans to set up a mayoral development corporation (MDC) to regenerate Oxford Street. But what is an MDC? At the Institute for Government we’ve been taking a look. A quick🧵

10 years ago the Scottish electorate rejected independence by a margin of 55% to 45%. But does the Scottish public support independence now? And where do the Scottish parties stand? Read our explainer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/scot…

Yesterday the government announced it plans to proceed with 8 provisional devo deals concluded by the previous administration. Today Akash Paun and I lay out in a new Institute for Government report how the government can reach 100% English devolution by the end of the parliament 🧵

We summarise these alternative approaches as ‘Option 1’ and ‘Option 2’ – although this isn't a binary choice. Ministerial preferences for different factors in different areas could see a mix of smaller and larger deals in the final map

To read the full report and the detailed analysis of devolution in all regions of England go to instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/co…

In her speech to Labour Party Conference, Deputy PM Angela Rayner said "we will be the government to complete devolution in the North". Drawing on a new Institute for Government report from Akash Paun and I, lets look at how this might play out

Appearing on an Institute for Government #LPC24 panel yesterday, Jim McMahon called for all English regions to have a mayor. In a new IfG report Akash Paun and I show some of the options across the regions