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The Chancellor has nailed the importance of tackling economic inactivity – but we need to be bolder about the solutions. Universal Support – a voluntary programme of personalised, tailored help for people with health conditions – is a more effective...
These devolution deals are good – but not a silver bullet. Simply putting more money into the hands of combined authorities will not result in power being shared with ordinary people. People won’t really take back control until power is...
Is Britain in decline? 2023 is looking bleak for the UK economy. According to the recent IMF forecast, it will be the only major economy in recession this year. They pointed the finger at relatively short-term problems: inflation, energy prices and...
When Jeremy Hunt suggested that life for over 50s “doesn’t just have to be going to the golf course” he was criticised for assuming that the so-called ‘early exiters’ were simply opting for the easy life while the economy struggles...
English devolution is undeniably back on the political agenda. The government has previously presented its flagship Levelling Up agenda as a blueprint for a ‘devolution revolution’, with ‘metro mayors’ – elected leaders of combined authority areas – at its heart....
Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor have a £40bn funding gap to fill and the Chancellor has said nothing is off the table. But how would the public do the job? What are the public’s priorities? Two years ago, Demos ran...
As conference season draws to a close and with a new prime minister at the helm, the future of levelling up seems to hang in the balance. Described by Boris Johnson as the ‘defining mission’ of his government, Liz Truss...
A country with high regional inequalities, and an economy dominated by one large metropolitan area – the UK, you might think. But the description could equally apply to Ireland, where Dublin dominates the country’s economy. Given these parallel challenges, it’s...
Drawing on recent research published by Demos, Ben Glover and Andrew Phillips discuss how attitudes to levelling up differ across the country and what this means for the government’s flagship agenda. The morning after the last general election, Boris Johnson...
