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Belting up to deliver housing targets – are Grey Belts the answer?

Ian Mell By Ian Mell Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: November 27, 2024

To meet targets of building 1.5 million homes, the new government launched a consultation on the process for releasing Green Belt land. Proposals include creating a new designation of “Grey Belt” land. But given the contentious nature of Green Belts and the arguments made for and against development in these locations, the addition of this new […]

Tagged With: environment, housing, infrastructure, science & engineering, SEED, urban

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A future for autonomous vehicles in the UK? Lessons from the US

By Sam Hind Filed Under: Digital Futures, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology, Urban Posted: November 21, 2024

One of the final bills passed by the outgoing Sunak government was the Automated Vehicles Act (2024), designed to make provisions for the possible rollout of autonomous vehicles in the future. If the new Starmer government is to continue this work, then lessons need to be learnt from the US, where the deployment of autonomous […]

Tagged With: AI, digital, Health & Safety, Robotics, SALC, technology, transport

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Older people have something to say – ensuring voices are heard

Patty Doran author headshotMhorag GoffLinda Naughton author headshotPhilippa Winship author headshot By Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff, Linda Naughton and Philippa Winship Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: October 14, 2024

The population is ageing. Almost 40% of people in England are currently over 50, and almost 20% are over 65 (Census, 2021). In response to the ageing population, in 2010 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the global network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. They aspire to be places where people of all ages feel […]

Tagged With: communities, Greater Manchester, inequalities, local government, wellbeing

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A raised platform – regulating the digital economy

Luke Yates author image By Luke Yates Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Cities and Environment, Digital Futures, UK economy, Urban Posted: September 19, 2024

Digital economy businesses have grown rapidly in the last 10-15 years, transforming how we work, travel, consume, and contract workers. Some impacts have been problematic, with growth of short-term lettings platforms reducing access to housing, and gig economy platforms increasing the precariousness of work. In this article, Dr Luke Yates outlines research findings on how […]

Tagged With: digital, economy, government, local government, SoSS

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Women’s safety and the housing crisis

Isis Barei Guyot author headshotElizabeth Ackerley author headshot By Isis Barei-Guyot, Alison Briggs and Elizabeth Ackerley Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted: September 2, 2024

Austerity measures along with other intersecting crises have resulted in challenges for individuals and organisations supporting the safety of women experiencing homelessness in Manchester and elsewhere. The public funding lost as a result of austerity policies has dealt a severe blow to deprived local authorities in the north of England, resulting in the stripping back […]

Tagged With: gender inequalities, Greater Manchester, inequalities, local government

The toll of ‘Deaths of Despair’ in England

By Christine Camacho and Luke Munford Filed Under: British Politics, Cities and Environment, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, Levelling up, Urban Posted: March 15, 2024

In 2015, a phenomenon coined as ‘Deaths of Despair’ (DoD) emerged in the US, highlighting an alarming increase in mortality due to drugs, alcohol, and suicides, particularly among white men without a college education. Here, Christine Camacho and Dr Luke Munford explore the spatial patterning of these deaths in England, where an estimated 46,200 lives […]

Tagged With: ARC-GM, british politics, communities, devolution, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, HOPE, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, mental health, public health, SHS

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‘I am terribly hard up’: How looking at historical experiences of women’s offending can help to address current problems of benefit fraud.

Charlotte Wildman author headshot By Charlotte Wildman Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, UK economy, Urban Posted: February 5, 2024

Women are disproportionately represented in convictions for benefit fraud: in 2019, females made up 55% of the 98 summary convictions and 58% of the 1160 convictions for indictable benefit fraud offences. Since women’s convictions and custodial sentences are acknowledged to cause significant harm to them and their children, it is important to look at strategies that […]

Tagged With: communities, economy, gender inequalities, wellbeing

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Workplace violence and aggression – employees on the frontline

Kara Ng author headshotSheena Johnson By Kara Ng and Sheena Johnson Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, UK economy, Urban Posted: January 31, 2024

Workplace violence and aggression (WVA) is a serious social issue with profound negative consequences for individuals, teams, organisations, and society. The risk of WVA from the public (third parties) is a growing concern, with evidence indicating that incidents increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even ‘after’ COVID (after pandemic restrictions have ended), increased rates of WVA […]

Tagged With: employment, health, labour market, mental health, wellbeing

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Charting a path to clean air: A community-centred approach to active travel policy

Sheena Cruickshank By Sheena Cruickshank Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Urban Posted: January 30, 2024

Greater Manchester has amongst the worst air quality in the UK. Air pollution causes many health problems, as well as worsening pre-existing health conditions. Increasingly, Greater Manchester residents are concerned about poor air quality and want actions to be taken. Yet, budgets that could support change are under more and more constraints. In this article, […]

Tagged With: air quality, Children & Young People, environment, Greater Manchester, Health inequalities, local government, public health, SBS, schools, urban

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The unequal impact of the cost-of-living crisis

Camilla Lewis By Camilla Lewis, Sophie Yarker and Christopher Phillipson Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Levelling up, Urban Posted: November 7, 2023

More than two million pensioners in the UK live below the poverty line, with many more living just above it. Many groups within the older population are at a budgetary crisis point, reflecting a combination of the long-term impacts of COVID-19, cuts affecting health and social care, and the cost-of-living crisis. In this article, Camilla […]

Tagged With: communities, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government

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