‘Going up a gear’ sets out three first steps: 1. Invest more effectively in productivity enablers, like transport, skills and innovation 2. Improve employment rights and enforcement 3. Build strong and stable governance and institutions
This is what we proposed here: fabians.org.uk/publication/...
Fabian Society
Sort of…but of course it was a key demand of Manchester/GM deal with Osborne (before May), linked with having a metro mayor (which is why you initially needed a mayor to reregulate). So very little to do with May or Corbyn And thanks largely to the bargaining of local not Westminster politicians.
Forgot to link to the full report we did. Wider than buses and includes discussion of eg rural poverty which is closely related: fabians.org.uk/publication/...
Our country could be – and should be – a place where everyone has the means to lead a good life, wherever they live. But we are a long way from realising that ambition. Across the country, our regiona...
Agreed, but they’ll need ongoing subsidy if they’re going to deliver cheap fares and a comprehensive network.
…and here an article making the case: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracey Brabin has announced first steps toward a ‘London-style’ bus network for the region. She is absolutely right to do so, but the government has made it far too hard.
Our recommendation from last year which Labour is essentially now delivering (Also includes a handy explainer of the madness!)
More here: bsky.app/profile/luke...
It’s…a bit more complicated than that, of course! Much more on this here: fabians.org.uk/publication/...
On any given night, in any given city, our streets now teem with takeaway delivery riders, waiting on well-placed corners or weaving precariously through traffic and dodging pedestrians. This ‘visible...