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Life on the line? Life expectancy and where we live

Kingsley Purdam By Kingsley Purdam Filed Under: All posts Posted: October 7, 2016

Researchers at The University of Manchester have mapped estimates of life expectancy and years lived healthily to the stops on the local tram network. Kingsley Purdam, who led the research, says the differences between areas in the UK are a human rights issue. Devolution and living longer Greater Manchester is home to a population of […]

Tagged With: devolution, health policy, inequality, life expectancy, Social Statistics, socio-economic attainment gap

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What is left unsaid: making sense of grammar school policy

By Steve Courtney Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 27, 2016

Steven Courtney asks how can we make sense of an education policy that runs so clearly counter to the policy objectives of enhancing social justice set out by Theresa May in her first speech as Prime Minister ?  The problem of sense making The question of whether to have grammar schools is not one where the […]

Tagged With: education policy, grammar schools, inequality, MIE, privatisation

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Grammar schools and Downton Abbey politics

Helen Gunter By Helen Gunter Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 16, 2016

This week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published its report comparing education systems worldwide and its Head of Education questioned the evidence for selection as a way of improving schools.  Those who attended grammar schools such as Theresa May, argues Helen Gunter, make claims disconnected from research evidence and based on their […]

Tagged With: education policy, grammar schools, inequality, MIE

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The rise of urban experiments: window dressing or catalysts for change?

James Evans By Andrew Karvonen, James Evans and Rob Raven Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 15, 2016

The UK housing crisis is a key challenge for our times – demand far outstrips supply and   Ministers are seeking solutions, such as plans to create new ‘garden cities’.  But are policy-makers taking enough notice of the urban experiments that have already taken place around the world and are the right questions being asked? James […]

Tagged With: experimental cities, housing policy, inequality

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Grammar school plans: a dangerous distraction

By Mel Ainscow Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 14, 2016

It’s rare for a public policy consultation paper to shock, but proposals from the UK Government to expand the provision of grammar schools have caused a storm of protest. Mel Ainscow believes this is a dangerous distraction and argues that more collaboration in schools, not increasing segregation, is what our children need.      The decision […]

Tagged With: education policy, grammar schools, inequality, MIE, social mobility

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The plight of the poorest: time for a local economic reset?

By Neil McInroy Filed Under: Devo, Inclusive Growth Posted: July 28, 2016

For too long, we have either turned a blind eye to poverty and disadvantage or hoped that a general rising tide of economic wealth would trickle down. It’s time to reboot prevailing local economic policy – argues Neil McInroy – which is failing the poorest in society. The vote to leave the EU has opened […]

Tagged With: devolution, growth, inequality, localism, poverty

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Understanding this wake-up call: EU result shows development is for the UK too

By Diana Mitlin Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: July 25, 2016

Following a period of dramatic social and political change in the UK, Diana Mitlin says we should consider the EU Referendum result as a beginning, not an ending.  It is, she argues, an opportunity for political elites to better recognise the needs of disadvantaged people and to remember that development is needed here, not just […]

Tagged With: Brexit, development, European Union, inequality

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Is the new PM planning to unite the UK through social justice?

By Kathryn Simpson Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: July 18, 2016

Will Brexit Britain adopt a new social justice agenda? Dr Kathryn Simpson thinks that is the new Prime Minister’s plan – and here she explains how inequality and economic insecurity played a role in the EU Referendum outcome. The State of Play Since the EU referendum result on 23 June the domestic political implications for […]

Tagged With: Brexit, EU, inequality, referendum, Social Justice, Theresa May

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Post-Brexit ideas to tackle the disillusioned Leave voters’ concerns

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: June 30, 2016

While immigration has been cited as a key issue for those who voted Leave, economists say the evidence suggests its effects on jobs and wages of UK-born citizens are small. Diane Coyle offers some policy measures for a future chancellor that could more effectively help those left feeling angry and disillusioned by years of stagnation […]

Tagged With: Brexit, EU refendum, immigration, inequality, UK economy

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Does urban growth help the poorest?

By Richard Crisp Filed Under: Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted: May 19, 2016

Will urban growth policy benefit all or will it leave some parts of the community no better off?  Richard Crisp explains how a new measurement tool – the inclusive growth monitor – can shed light on this issue. Like any occasional visitor to Manchester I am always struck by the sense of a city on […]

Tagged With: inclusive growth, Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit, inequality

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