I think consultancy is closer to haulage than most people imagine.

Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) have never truly been designed; they’ve evolved. Greater Manchester — the starter culture for all MCAs — looked like a reasonably recognisable set of shared…

The Baochi Storage Station in Yunnan integrates lithium and sodium-ion technologies at scale, a global first, aiming to stabilize renewable energy and cut costs as China accelerates its energy transit...

An important HMT working paper here, setting out thinking on how the 10 year Infrastructure Strategy, which is due out alongside the CSR in June, might…

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The shape and size of Mayoral Combined Authorities has always varied over time in different places. it's one of the things that makes the design of CAs such an…

Smart meters are supposed to make paying our energy bills easier and cheaper. But is that the whole story?

Combined Authorities were designed by councils to make sense of national govt. Now national govt is using them to make sense of councils.

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