From May 2024, an elected mayor of the north-east will lead a new authority spanning Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham.
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Years of political turbulence, economic shocks and the failure to ‘level up’ as pledged have turned English devolution into a key political and constitutional issue
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When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
Unrest in Chile in October 2019 over inequality of income, but some argue it was as much to do with fair opportunity.
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We all think we want equality, but in reality it’s often fairness that is more important to us.