There is deprivation and lower educational attainment in the southern new towns, coastal communities, inner cities and rural coldspots.
The first of a ConHome series this week on Boris Johnson’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
How can ministers claim to be ‘levelling up’ the country when they are slashing targets for the North and Midlands in favour of the overcrowded South?
Hoyle and Fowler are deeply opposed to the move, but Labour voters in the North of England like the sound of it.
One area that has had relatively little attention, but could get much more, is the behaviour of commercial landlords across the country.
The party is pinned down where it feels at home – in its new heartlands of central London, the middle of major cities and the University towns.
Measuring people’s incomes needs to be part of measuring progress – but we need to be careful, because different measures give different results.
Going from the metropolitan bubble in London to another one elsewhere would be pointless. What about Derby, Stoke or York instead?
The campaign feels better run, including online. People massively prefer Boris Johnson to Corbyn. The question is whether it is enough
Specifically for anti-Brexit politicians, the path to creating such a party lies firmly on what we think of as the Left;
As so many elections have shown in the past, both the main parties only win elections when they move into the centre.
Voters in seats outside London and the South-East need to be forced to think about the Tories in a different way.
The harsh truth is that, nearly seven years into Conservative-led Government, we are still living beyond our means.
Our research with low-income voters in some of these areas revealed that many are not expecting miracles. They simply want better local services.