What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Areas with low social mobility face funding ‘penalty’
11/08/2023 The areas with the highest levels of social mobility receive 50% more in Whitehall grants than the least socially mobile areas, think tank Onward says. |
Barnsley launches new initiative to boost employment
04/07/2023 Barnsley Council and the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority have launched a new initiative to support thousands of residents into employment. |
Focus on A-Levels undermines social mobility, think tank says
18/08/2022 White working-class and black British students risk missing out if schools focus on A-Levels as the main pathway to professional success, think tank warns. |
Some families face being ‘locked into disadvantage’ for generations, report says
15/09/2020 Deprivation in dozens of English councils is now so persistent that some families face being locked into disadvantage for generations, report warns. |
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Fifth of local government leaders ‘privately educated’
25/06/2019 Around 20% of local government leaders and 29% of MPs are privately educated compared to 7% of the population, a report into social mobility has revealed. |
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Commission warns of entrenched ‘privilege gap’
01/05/2019 The Government must take urgent action to help close the ‘privilege gap’, says the annual report by the Social Mobility Commission. |
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Young people ‘pessimistic’ about future
12/12/2018 Millennials are ‘deeply uneasy’ about their futures, according to a new report into social mobility in the UK. |
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Unfair council funding is holding back social mobility in counties, MPs warn
31/10/2018 Social mobility in rural English counties is being held back by an outdated and unfair method of funding councils, according to a new report. |
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Whitehall announces £24m scheme to ‘boost’ social mobility in North East
08/10/2018 The education secretary will today launch a multi-million pound programme to boost social mobility and raise aspirations for children in the North East. |
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Cash-strapped schools relying on donations from affluent parents
13/09/2018 Government budget cuts are forcing many schools to rely more heavily on financial contributions from parents, a charity focusing on social mobility finds. |
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Inquiry launched into rural social mobility
29/03/2018 A new inquiry on social mobility in rural areas has been launched in a bid to determine what opportunities are available to young people in counties. |
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Educational opportunities ‘geographically unequal’, think tank says
22/12/2017 Access to high performing schools has become more ‘geographically unequal’ despite emphasis on improving schools outside of London, report finds. |
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Britain is a ‘social mobility postcode lottery’, report says
28/11/2017 A report into social mobility ‘debunks’ assumption that a simple north-south divide exists and argues chances of success are closely bound to where you live. |
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Decades of Whitehall policy has failed to improve social mobility, commission finds
28/06/2017 Two decades of Government efforts to improve social mobility have failed to reduce the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’, report reveals. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
