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The UK’s housing crisis

By Michelle Custodio Filed Under: Featured Posted: October 19, 2015

The Government aims to build one million more homes by 2020, the Prime Minister has announced. Michelle Custodio puts the need for more homes in perspective. How many more homes does the UK need? Back in May last year, the then business secretary Vince Cable argued that the UK should build an extra 300,000 a […]

Tagged With: Barratt Developments, Brandon Lewis, David Cameron, Fixing the Foundations, George Osborne, housing, Housing crisis, KPMG, London, National Housing Federation, Redrow, Shelter, Vince Cable

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Under new management? Devolution and regional economies

By Karel Williams Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted: July 17, 2015

The gap in economic performance between London and the regions is large and will not be closed by devolving limited powers to  city regions and Celtic nations that will adopt conventional economic policies, argues Professor Karel Williams.                                        “It is time for you to take control of your own affairs….we will hand power from the […]

Tagged With: Angel Salento, David Cameron, devolution, DevoManc, George Osborne, Italy, John Swinney, London, Manchester, North East England, Northern Powerhouse, Scotland, wales

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A Northern Science Powerhouse? Yes, but…

Kieron Flanagan By Kieron Flanagan Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Featured Posted: March 27, 2015

The Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation is good news for Northern England, but reform of research funding is needed to create a sustainable scientific ‘powerhouse’ in the North, argues Dr Kieron Flanagan. Chancellor George Osborne has made much in recent months of his ambition to help the cities of Manchester, Leeds, […]

Tagged With: Cambridge, Department for Business, devolution, Golden Triangle, Innovation and Skills, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Biomedical Research, Northern Powerhouse, Oxford, Research Excellence Framework, Sheffield, Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation, Sir Paul Nurse, Synchrotron Radiation Source, UK Research Councils, UK Science Budget

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Co-operation v competition

Iain Deas By Iain Deas Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted: March 5, 2015

Northern England’s great cities are used to competing. So, asks Iain Deas, is it realistic to expect them to work together for the collective good? George Osborne’s continuing endorsement of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ raises important questions about future local economic development strategy. The idea underpinning the powerhouse proposal is that some of England’s principal Northern […]

Tagged With: Atlantic Gateway, Crossrail, George Osborne, Hebden Bridge, HS3, Leeds, London, M62, Manchester, NETA, North European Trax Axis, North West, Northern Powerhouse, Northern Way, TransPennine

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Why devolution is good for the economy

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: March 2, 2015

The case for the devolution of power away from London has centred on the political arguments. Professor Diane Coyle looks at the economic reasons. The context for the devolutionary tide in politics – to the nations and within England to the north and especially Greater Manchester – is that the United Kingdom has long been […]

Tagged With: Bristol, broadband, devolution, DevoManc, Edinburgh, france, infrastructure, London, Manchester, Manchester Independent Economic Review, Paris, skills, transport

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To save lives we must rethink our assumptions about good healthcare

Stephanie Snow By Stephanie Snow Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: August 7, 2014

A new report in the British Medical Journal on centralising acute stroke services in Greater Manchester and London reveals the revolution in stroke care and treatment over the last twenty years – and it contains vital lessons for patients and policymakers, explains Dr Stephanie Snow. Around 152,000 of us will suffer from stroke in the […]

Tagged With: acute care, GPs, health, hospitals, London, Manchester, NHS, NHS reform, stroke

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Whose housing crisis is it?

Nissa Finney By Nissa Finney Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: May 29, 2014

Shelter says there is a housing crisis, while the Bank of England fears an unsustainable property price bubble is underway. But, as Dr Nissa Finney explains, the housing crisis hits ethnic minorities worst. The UK is in a housing crisis, according to Shelter. This has been brought about by the shortage of housing coupled with […]

Tagged With: BBC, census, CoDE, Housing crisis, London, private rented accommodation, Shelter

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Who owns London’s revenues?

Adam Leaver By Adam Leaver Filed Under: All posts Posted: April 10, 2014

The debate is raging on whether London disproportionately creates or consumes the UK’s revenues. Dr Adam Leaver chips in. Ever since Evan Davis presented Mind the Gap, a debate has raged about whether London’s dominance of the UK economy is a positive or a negative. While my colleagues Iain Deas, Graham Haughton and Stephen Hincks have put forward the […]

Tagged With: Evan Davis, London, Mind the Gap, PFI, regional growth, regional policy, transport expenditure

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Evan Davis has overlooked role of policy in London’s transformation

Iain DeasStephen Hincks By Iain Deas, Graham Haughton and Stephen Hincks Filed Under: Featured Posted: March 28, 2014

London’s dominant economic role is not an accident of history but rather the result of policy and subsidy, explain Dr Iain Deas, Prof Graham Haughton and Dr Stephen Hincks. BBC presenter Evan Davis argues that government should do more to help large and successful cities prosper. In his recent series, Mind the Gap: London v the Rest – and […]

Tagged With: Evan Davis, Local Enterprise Partnerships, London, Mind the Gap, RDAs, regional development agencies, regional policy

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