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Creativity, industry and devolved responsibility: how local industrial strategies can support levelling up

Abigail Gilmore By Abigail Gilmore Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Levelling up Posted: July 21, 2022

Local creative and cultural industries strategies can play a key role in devolution policy, and understanding the differences and nuances of local industrial strategies helps inform policymakers looking at cultural and creative industries-led ‘levelling up’. Ultimately, policy should be shaped by local strategy and regional identity as much as national goals. This blog raises policy […]

Tagged With: Arts & Culture, Business Energy & Industry, devolution, economy, GMCA, inclusive growth, Levelling Up, local government, media

With great power: Taking responsibility for integrated care

By Melissa Surgey Filed Under: British Politics, Health and Care, Health and Social Care, primary care services Posted: July 19, 2022

July 2022 sees the formal establishment of the Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) created by the Health and Care Act 2022. These bodies will integrate health and social care in England, with the aim of providing more joined-up services tailored to local needs. However, questions remain about how ICSs will function at place-level, particularly in terms […]

Tagged With: british politics, care quality, devolution, Health & Social Care, HOPE, local government, NHS, NHS improvement, SHS

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The role of R&D in the levelling up agenda

Richard A.L. Jones headshot By Richard Jones Filed Under: British Politics, Levelling up, OnProductivity, Research and development, UK economy Posted: July 12, 2022

Innovation drives productivity, and R&D importantly underpins innovation. Places in the south-east of the UK disproportionately hold the highest rates of public and charitable spending on R&D. In order to mend the geographical imbalances in R&D spending, the way that funding is allocated must be changed. This can be challenging given the patchy nature of […]

Tagged With: british politics, Business Energy & Industry, devolution, economy, innovation, Levelling Up, productivity

Too close to the sun: The health benefits and economic case for banning sunbeds

By Katherine Payne, Paul Lorigan and Adèle Green Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: June 16, 2022

Melanoma skin cancers are the UK’s fifth most common cancer, causing over 2,000 deaths each year. Over 85% of cases are preventable, with excessive exposure to ultraviolet light the most common cause, including the ultraviolet light used in sunbeds. The cancer risk from sunbeds is well known, but a new study has outlined the stark […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, cancer, Children & Young People, devolution, economy, education, GMCA, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, mental health, NHS, public health, SBS, SHS, SMS, urban, wellbeing

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Greater Manchester economy: response to crises

By Marianne Sensier Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Devo, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: March 28, 2022

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on the inequalities in our society. Those in comfortable jobs have largely been able to work remotely from home. Those in precarious sectors and occupations have lost the most, particularly in deprived communities. The tighter restrictions imposed on Greater Manchester since the easing of the first lockdown in […]

Tagged With: AMBS, COVID-19, devolution, economy, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, labour market, Levelling Up, local government

Getting women’s voices into policymaking in Greater Manchester

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Devo, Growth and Inclusion Posted: August 26, 2020

Progress toward achieving equality in life chances, so that all citizens can fulfil their potential, has been slow. Despite women in the UK having the vote for over 100 years and protection from equalities legislation since the 1970s, there are still significant inequalities in the educational, employment, care and retirement choices available to men and […]

Tagged With: communities, devolution, diversity, Domestic abuse, gender equality, gender inequalities, gender-based violence, Greater Manchester, inequalities, inequality, local government, SoSS, VAWG

How resilient were UK regions to the 2008 financial crisis? Recovery policies for COVID-19 crisis

Elvira Uyarra By Marianne Sensier, Fiona Devine and Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: July 14, 2020

Dr Marianne Sensier, Professor Fiona Devine and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience of UK sub-regions in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. In this blog, they map the resilience across the UK in recovery from the financial crisis and suggest policies for increasing resilience for recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. […]

Tagged With: AMBS, Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, COVID-19, devolution, economy, employment, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, infrastructure, labour market, local government, Pandemic, productivity, sustainability, Treasury

Building back a gender balanced better – devolution, growth and equalities

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Education, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: June 11, 2020

As the initial period of lockdown is slowly relaxed, the policy agenda in all parts of the UK is turning to examine recovery from the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Policymakers in our major city regions are considering how to start up and stimulate economic activity where safe to do so; help firms and […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, devolution, equalities, equality, gender, gender equality, gender inequalities, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Levelling Up, Pandemic, Social Justice, women & equalities

Levelling up regional resilience

Elvira Uyarra By Marianne Sensier and Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: Cities and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: May 12, 2020

Dr Marianne Sensier and Dr Elvira Uyarra have conducted research comparing the economic resilience, community wellbeing, sustainability and governance of Greater Manchester and Preston in recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. The financial crisis provided a window of opportunity for some places to develop new arrangements to adapt and diversify regional economies. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: AMBS, COVID-19, devolution, financial crisis, GM COVID-19 recovery, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, Levelling Up, local government, MIOIR, Pandemic, place-based policy, productivity, Social Justice, Treasury

New advanced UK research agency shares ethos of Manchester model of innovation

James Baker By James Baker Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted: April 30, 2020

In this blog, James Baker, CEO of Graphene@Manchester, reflects upon how a change in the UK’s approach to research and innovation, particularly when it comes to advanced materials, could support the economy to get back on its feet in the wake of Covid-19. In recent weeks, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has gone […]

Tagged With: advanced materials, COVID-19, devolution, economy, graphene, innovation, Levelling Up, Pandemic, research, science & engineering, technology

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