deprivation
29 Jan 2024
A Closer Look at Poverty Challenges
Recent findings from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation “UK Poverty 2024” report highlights significant poverty issues in the UK. Here are some key takeaways: Widespread Poverty: Over 14 million people, including...
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14 Aug 2023
Government responds to criticism over levelling up funds
The Government last week published its response to a report by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee on its Inquiry on Funding for Levelling Up. The Inquiry looked...
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10 Jul 2023
Findings of a new report show that district councils have a major part to play in improving the nation’s health
A new report by The Kings Fund has highlighted the vital role district councils have to play in improving the health and wellbeing of their communities. Driving better health outcomes...
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08 Aug 2022
DLUHC consultation on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities are considering how best to update the Indices of Deprivation (IoD) from the most recent publication in 2019 It is important that...
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01 Aug 2022
Selaine Saxbyn MP: To end the rural housing crisis, we must stop treating the countryside like a holiday park
Writing in Conservative Home, Conservative MP for North Devon, Selaine Saxbyn outlines her mission has always been to level up the pockets of deprivation in her ‘remote, rural and coastal’...
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10 Jan 2022
The dark side of country living
The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on...
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01 Nov 2021
Still a ‘huge hole’ in levelling up plans
The Northern Echo reports that various stakeholders in the North of England have raised concerns that despite the Chancellor’s Budget statement last Wednesday, there was still a ‘huge hole’ in...
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31 Aug 2021
Third of most deprived areas will not benefit from Levelling Up Fund, research finds
The Government announced earlier this year its plans to ‘Level Up’ the country, by allocating funding to address geographic inequalities across the UK. However, new research by the Salvation Army...
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31 Aug 2021
Government introduce a debt toolkit to help vulnerable citizens
The Government Debt Management Function has published a Vulnerability Toolkit which ensures ‘vulnerable’ citizens who are in debt to the public sector are handled with compassion and support by frontline...
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17 Feb 2020
48% more people in urban areas than rural areas believe that “British society is fair”
PwC released a report last week which found that Londoners are twice as likely to say that society is fair than citizens in the South West, North West or East...
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