Today ICON launches new analysis of welfare expenditure, economic performance and health outcomes in mission critical neighbourhoods.

The most disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England are far from ordinary — in three very distinct ways. Our new Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods report lifts the lid on the condition of the most disadvantaged areas in the country What we found might surprise you (and not in a good way) 🧵..

Good piece from Ed - especially this Government is absolutely right to want to revive levelling up (or whatever you want to call it) - but they can’t risk not delivering this time. It would shatter public confidence in the state’s ability to deliver anything - perhaps right too

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The good people of Lewisham in open revolt against the decline of their public realm

Join the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods(ICON) to mark the launch of a new report, Progress and Pressure: Understanding economic and social change in England.

Great Guardian editorial backing Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods’s calls ahead of the Spending Review (Ft some early previews of new research coming out this month!) The Guardian view on regenerating neighbourhoods: levelling up was a good idea, Labour should reclaim it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

UK Productivity Update! Between 2019-2024 productivity grew at just 0.4% pa compared to 2.6% pa between 1997-2006. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/accountin… A disaggregation of the contribution by sectors reveals this performance has largely been driven by the public sector. But private sector

"I am calling for a project of national renewal for our neighbourhoods, designed to work with communities, to rebuild from the ground up, and to restore hope and dignity back to our places. That must be the great mission of our Government" Sureena Brackenridge MP expressandstar.com/your-world/202…

Great to see ICON commissioner Kim McGuinness launch a new fund targeted specifically at supporting Mission critical neighbourhoods across the North East 👏 newcastlemagazine.com/mayors-opportu…

Great to be in Parliament for Sureena Brackenridge MP’s WH debate on disadvantaged communities. Sureena has just said: “I am calling today for a £1 billion pound neighbourhood renewal fund this Parliament.”

Great to see Sureena Brackenridge MP Brackenridge MP calling for a £1 billion fund for neighbourhood renewal. Sureena cited ICON’s research, asking “…the minister to take the evidence from ICON as a roadmap for delivery”.

Yesterday in Parliament, Luke Akehurst MP highlighted the need for targeting policy at ‘mission critical’ neighbourhoods. He warned that “if investment isn’t made in these neighbourhoods, we will never achieve national targets”.

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