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Airtight on Asbestos
On the 24th of November 1999, the United Kingdom banned the use of asbestos. Twenty years later and this toxic mineral still plagues public health, being linked to multiple diseases including mesothelioma. But why...
All politics is local
Underlying the recent rejection of past decades’ political certainties is the belief among many communities that they have been cut off from the wider country. The UK’s economic divisions are widely acknowledged, but inequalities of...
Recognising and revitalising cultural identity
Culture, the arts and creative industries are vital to economic prosperity and social reform. Too often, culture is overlooked by policy-makers as they seek, wrongly, to achieve short-term fixes to long-term challenges. We believe that...
Towards a new housing settlement
An affordable, secure, and comfortable home is a foundational block of any good life. But we have an increasing deficit in housing supply, caused by decades of undersupply. Private rents at record highs; home ownership...
A new devolved future for Britain’s mid-size cities
The challenge: An unequal and diverging Brexit Britain Britain’s cities and regions face real and growing challenges post-Brexit. It is vital that growth is delivered across the country. However, the UK’s inter-regional inequality is the...
Regional manufacturing and the Industrial Strategy
ResPublica is developing a vision for a place-based industrial strategy that addresses the UK’s regional productivity problem, and responds to competitiveness challenges post-Brexit. Working in partnership with Nestlé UK, the British arm of the world’s...
Britain’s Diplomatic Strength: Harnessing soft power in a post-Brexit world
ResPublica, in partnership with the British Council, is undertaking a project on soft power and the vital role of institutions in British foreign policy. Institutions are uniquely effective at stabilising nations. When properly configured and...
Making social reform work for vulnerable young people
Since taking office, the new Prime Minister’s rhetoric has made clear her determination to help young people from all backgrounds to go as far as their talent will take them and to tackle what she...
Civil Society and social welfare
Since its inception, ResPublica has argued that civil society and private business in the UK and other countries have a crucial social responsibility. We believe in the breakup of state monopolies and allowing charities, social...
Unlocking Industrial Strategy
ResPublica welcomes the government’s Industrial Strategy, particularly the emphasis on working across departments, importance of place and support for sectors, while seeking to reach parts of the country that for too long have been left...
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We want to see the UK adopt a central register of the location, type and condition of #asbestos in public buildings ac…
Download and listen now to 'Dangerous Unknowns', Part Three of the four-part #podcast series, Dust to Dust. Brought to…
Welcome announcement by @RishiSunak today in #budget2020 of a Building Safety Fund worth £1 billion to remove unsafe m…
In February @res_publica launched the Airtight on Asbestos campaign with a Parliamentary Event in Westminster Palace.…
We have argued for comprehensive post-Brexit food regulations to ensure high food standards in our report here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Read about the campaign that we are planning with @holland_tom, to ensure that the proposed new Office for Environm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A radical plan to save British wildlife - create a regulator with teeth to focus on three species: the hedgehog, the bro…
A great piece in the @thesundaytimes about @res_publica and @holland_tom campaign to get the new OEP planned in th…
Thrilled that @res_publica are backing a conviction I’ve long had, that the best way to conserve our wildlife is to write…
Intense discussions @res_publica event on HS2 - lots of concerns and excitement also - the north and the midlands are…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “Cycling and walking is the public investment that gives the most back to the community. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “#HS2 is a zero-carbon railway and it is a far better option than roads or more flights, so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
West Midlands Mayor @andy4wm “We invest 7 times in capital because of HS2 and this is making a big change for the u… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “Local Industrial Strategy myst be followed by Local Skills Strategy, to hone the skills ne… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “We also need greater borrowing freedom, so we can focus on issues like social housing.”
West Midlands Mayor @andy4wm “We have our Local Industrial Strategies, but we need true power to implement them.”
West Midland Mayor @andy4wm “The single most important thing is that Financial Sustainability falls under the remit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@res_publica Director @Phillip_Blond “We have been arguing for relocation of high-value companies to outside Londo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@res_publica Director @Phillip_Blond “What happens when you connect places, they specialise. HQ’s of companies mov… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Lord @Andrew_Adonis “#HS2 can help fully integrate a corridor between Manchester, Birmingham, and London”.
Lord @Andrew_Adonis on #hs2 “The big problem is petty division between parties on efforts to modernise the country.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Full panel line-up @Phillip_Blond @Andrew_Adonis @andy4wm @AndyBurnhamGM #hs2 pic.twitter.com/c4yy818Ynr
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “If we continue expanding Heathrow, we will confine growth along M25”
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “I struggle to understand why the Piccadilly expansion is yet to come to fruition, as it wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “We need to see the investment plan, especially in the East-West plan”.
GM @AndyBurnhamGM “One caveat is that we have to see a plan for Manchester Piccadilly that prioritises East-West.”
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “The #hs2 decision we have as of yesterday breaks the North-South focus and it can deliver… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
GM Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM “The 2070 commission has already found that the UK is the most over-centralised country of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
West Midlands Mayor @andy4wm “Devolution is key and it needs to go hand in hand with #HS2 delivery so we can make t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…