Public Spending and the Legacy Effects of COVID-19
What is clear in looking to the months and years ahead budgets will be exceptionally tight and many will fall in real terms.
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Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners
Read moreIn advance of delivering a keynote speech at our Urban Recovery Plans event with the Greater London Authority and the London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) on 7 June at 3 pm BST, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, writes for IPPO Cities. Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard The context for London’s recovery is extremely challenging, with growing pressures on the cost of living for many Londoners, especially those on the lowest incomes. This crisis has exposed long-standing inequalities in our society; disproportionately affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...
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COVID-19: How well-protected was the medical profession?
Read moreThe BMA has launched a review into the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic – from the impact on the medical profession to the NHS and social care systems and public health. This is the first of five BMA reports, each with a particular focus on the pandemic response. The report finds that the wider health and public health systems entered the pandemic under-resourced. Before the pandemic, health systems across the UK were operating in an environment of scarcity; general health spending was below that of comparable countries and there were chronic...
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Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?
Read moreIdoia Postigo, General Director of Bilbao Metropoli-30, writes for IPPO Cities on the emotional life of the city and calls for a more holistic urban planning. Idoia Postigo Living in an urban environment is one of the defining characteristics which unites many of the planet’s inhabitants at the present time. The city represents the daily environment in which an increasing proportion of people live each year. However, of the estimated 107 billion people who have existed in the history of mankind, only a few have lived in the city, with the urban...
