Labour MP for Birkenhead, Minister of State for Local Government and homelessness.
Progressive.
www.alisonmcgovern.org.uk
Alison McGovern
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I’m biased, but this is a great speech by @allymcgovern.bsky.social, and sets out a clear policy blueprint for how to grow cities outside London.
Good jobs in tradable sectors; being open and attractive to new people; more and better investment; more local control (via gradual fiscal devolution)
Good discussion here, focusing on the key driver of economic growth in cities: tradeable knowledge services.
In 1929 a middle-aged working-class woman became Britain's first female cabinet minister. Thanks to
@ruthfox.bsky.social and Mark D'Arcy for inviting me onto the
@hansardsociety.bsky.social podcast to talk about how Margaret Bondfield got there and why we have since almost forgotten her.
Andrew Sissons
Nan Sloane
John Springford
I was very proud to give the State of the City address for Liverpool on friday, invited by Cllr Liam Robinson & Liverpool City Council...
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I was very proud to give the State of the City address for Liverpool on friday, invited by Cllr Liam Robinson & Liverpool City Council...
medium.com/@Alison_McGo...
1/ 97 years ago Margaret Bondfield was appointed as the first woman Cabinet Minister. She is one of the most overlooked figures in British political history. A trade unionist who became the first woman in the British Cabinet, she took office just as the Great Depression struck. 🧵👇
