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 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)....
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...
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 minWhen it comes to levelling up, is money enough?Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review this week saw the Government commit £4bn to a new ‘levelling up fund’. Designed to resource “the...
3 minThe economics of COVID-19 could affect a different sort of townHow does a small town cope with the impact on the social fabric of the COVID-19 lockdown? A recent Guardian short film set out to answer...
4 minWhat can we tell from a first look at the government’s 101 Town Deals?Last week the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) announced financial backing for communities in seven areas,...
3 minHow can 'levelling up' become a reality?It was announced this week that Tory MPs are launching a Levelling Up Taskforce. The new group – which includes many of the MPs installed...