Wor Room - the North East policy newsletter
Arlen PettittA weekly digest giving a North East view on national politics and policy stories
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 221 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Wor Room EXTRA: Trans rights and bad policy
Hi everyone - I wasn’t planning on writing any more this week, but I’ve found myself engaged in a number of parallel debates about trans rights on social media, and so here we are.
I am well aware that this is a contentious topic, so I hop...
Big problems, local fixes?
In his first speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham said we were going to end rough sleeping, and popped an extra £100-and-a-bit million a year towards it for the next three years.
It will surprise absolutely no one to find that this is an...
They see a Manc door and they want to paint it black.
It’s somehow the end of July, or if you prefer to measure the year by temperatures…we are entering Heatwave 4 of 2026.
All perfectly normal, yep yep, fine fine, no problems there, nope nope.
Like my desk fan, the Prime Minister is having...
Wor Room EXTRA: Fiscal devolution...the next big step
We've pushed decisions and central funding down, now we should let areas collect their own money.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce his plans for the next steps of devolution this week, including the potential for changes...
Setting the No. 10 North...star.
You know how it is. You think you know a person, then they get a new job and change overnight.
Andy Burnham was wearing BRACES on Monday. TROUSER SUSPENDERS. He’s supposed to be in dark blue chinos, a polo shirt and a nice shacket.
It was...
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