The East does not need every place to become another Cambridge. It needs its distinctive centres to succeed together. A regional plan, backed by connecting infrastructure, would turn that principle into a practical strategy for growth.

A technical study about water levels in the Fens has been conducted by Stantec. It was commissioned by the Cambridge Water Scarcity Group to evaluate whether excess water managed by drainage systems can be safely utilised to address the region's acute water shortages.

The implications for the East will depend on how these policies are funded and implemented, and whether they reflect the region’s varied needs.

The region already appears close to fiscal self-sufficiency. Giving it a stake in future tax growth could turn that strength into the infrastructure and opportunity needed for lasting, shared prosperity.

The East cannot afford years of further institutional limbo. The region needs clarity, properly funded transition and governance capable of delivering growth.

The East still needs substantially greater investment in individual and shared agricultural reservoirs, more flexible abstraction licences, real-time water management and stronger coordination between farmers, Internal Drainage Boards, water companies and public authorities.

An escalating water security crisis demands an urgent solution - and political leadership capable of delivering it.

The designation of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough as an Established Mayoral Strategic Authority is an important first step. What matters is what happens next.

British politics has reached the point where the joke candidate increasingly serves an important constitutional purpose.

Can a Burnham government create the conditions in which regions like the East are trusted to shape their own economic future?

The East of England has many of the sectors that ministers say will define Britain’s future. On paper, that should make it one of the country's strongest skills regions. In practice, it looks more like a warning.

In the East, local government reorganisation is no longer just about council boundaries. It is becoming an early test of legitimacy, control, and political authority.

The East now offers one of the clearest examples of England’s political fragmentation

There remains a deeper tension between devolution and parliamentary accountability

Transforming the Fens is a vital precondition for national food security and economic growth

Three big risks, but ample opportunities ahead

The East of England needs to become a more integrated economy in which the region’s cities, towns and growth corridors operate as complementary parts of a wider system

Successful reforms mean economic growth; but failure will deepen the housing crisis.

Can the Chancellor’s plan survive a global crisis? From rising unemployment to energy spikes, what does the Spring Statement means for the East of England?

Central government will need to rebuild trust with local government in Norfolk, to avoid the County falling behind.