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We need spatial planning to successfully level up the country

23.03.2021

Simon Prescott

Collaboration and shared vision are the keys to addressing regional inequality, says Simon Prescott.

Picking up the pieces: The case for a federal UK

01.09.2020

Malcolm Prowle

Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have ruthlessly exposed deep regional inequalities that are pulling the UK apart. A federal system of government could heal the divisions, argues Malcolm Prowle...

A question of values: An interview with Bev Hurley

25.08.2020

Huw Morris

Bev Hurley is at the forefront of putting social value at the heart of the economy. The Institute of Economic Development chair tells Huw Morris why the UK must do better

News analysis: How planning can address social inequality

17.07.2020

Laura Edgar

As the UK entered lockdown on 23 March to stem the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), there was a notion that we were 'all in this together'.

Ed Huckle: My view on... public health

20.11.2019

Ed Hickle

Scientist Ed Huckle believes there is a pressing need to reconnect and harmonise public health and land use planning

Planning system drives up house prices in expensive areas, says report

11.06.2019

Laura Edgar

High house prices in expensive cities have been caused by the planning system’s rationing of new homes in areas of high demand, according to a report out today (11 June).

McCann warns inequalities are driving huge wedges in UK

07.12.2018

Huw Morris

Brexit | Economic Growth | inequality | Institute of Economic Development | UK

Britain is faced with a 'geography of discontent' amid a slowdown in productivity that is the worst in Europe bar Greece and Italy, according to a leading academic.

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Inquiry launched into UK’s regional inequalities

09.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Economic Growth | inequality | regional inequalities | UK

Former head of the civil service Lord Kerslake will chair an independent commission to investigate the UK’s regional inequalities.

Is spatial planning bad for our health?

11.09.2018

Hugh Barton

Research suggests that health outcomes are strongly linked to income inequality, and reinforced by quality of place. So, Hugh Barton asks, are the spatial planning decisions we make bad for our health?...

Planners must strengthen the ties that bind

08.06.2017

Cynthia Bowen

Can planning address the biggest issues of our time? Yes, says American Planning Association president Cynthia Bowen