inequality

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.
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

active travel | ageing population | Demographics & Population Growth | England | Health | inequality | NPPF | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | population growth | UK | wellbeing

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

American Planning Association | Campaigning & Advocacy | civic engagement | Community Engagement | inequality | International

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