2 minWhat do buses have to do with community resilience?An announcement this week by the Department for Transport set out plans for a £7bn investment in national bus infrastructure. This...
1 minDouble WhammyA new DEMOS report, ‘Double Whammy’, seeks to map areas where personal debt could increase most in the coming years. With energy bills...
2 minLevelling up (continued...)Image taken from here Like many of you, we’ve spent the past fortnight continuing to digest the Government’s Levelling Up white paper, to...
2 minLevelling upThe Government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper came out last week (see BBC report here). It has already been subject to...
1 minThe impact of COVID-19A Sky News data blog, published just before Christmas, compared deprivation statistics with COVID-19 economic impact figures. Based on...
2 min'Levelling up' through climate actionThe APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods last week published a report about climate change – entitled ‘levelling up through climate...
2 minThe meaning of city statusThe tragic murder of Sir David Amess MP last week shook the country, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the political...
2 minThe geographies of Asylum dispersalThe heart-breaking news from Afghanistan this week means Western nations face a massive humanitarian effort to re-settle those currently...
1 minRegeneration projects in the eastImage taken from original article This recent BBC profile of Great Yarmouth is really interesting, describing efforts to rejuvenate the...
2 minThe link between health inequality and resilienceA new report by the Institute of Health Inequality identifies a 6-point framework for health inequality (Executive Summary here)....
3 minWhite working-class attainment and community resilienceImage taken from original source. A recent report by the education select committee looked into attainment gaps for white working class...
1 minSocial cohesion post-pandemicA recent article on the LSE blog reveals striking results. It shows that areas within the government’s Integration Area programme have...
4 minA Game on the Brink With the fallout from the now-defunct European Super League still fresh, Chris Clarke and Chris Fairley say football clubs are vital to...
4 minRhetoric about 'unskilled' migrants feeds into dangerous stereotypesImage taken from here It was announced this month that a fast track immigration route had been opened up by the UK, designed to make...
2 minMind the Skills GapA new analysis by the Centre for Progressive Policy (CPP) emphasises the importance of skills in ‘levelling up’. Written up here in the...
1 minWhy pub closures reduce resilienceImage taken from here. This recent study, by the LSE’s Diane Bolet, explores in detail the relationship between pub closures and support...
3 minWhy arts, pubs and sports clubs matter so muchImage taken from here. Early noises about Rishi Sunak’s budget this week suggest positive steps in several key areas. The budget will...
3 minResilient Towns: The role of placeLast month HOPE not hate Charitable Trust ran the first online session in our What Works series. Focused around preventative and...
3 minBuilding Resilience in Areas with a Far Right Footprint With the populist radical right often honing in on areas that are experiencing rapid demographic change, how can decision-makers and...
4 minChristmas is the Only Time I'm HomeWhat happens to a community resilience when a town's young people leave? Conversations about the impact of demographic change on...