Giving people greater confidence to return to our high streets is a vital part of the recovery effort.
We need to install more electric vehicle charging points, plant kelp farms, and offer Council Tax discounts for environmentally-friendly gardening.
Our readers’ top choice was the same as Number Ten’s for the Lords: York. But a good case was made for Coventry – and Warwick University.
This imbalance is driven by the core science budget: the Research Councils (which fund projects) and Quality Related “QR” funding, which universities allocate.
Reviewing the details of the results in this region gives a sense of how volatile the electorate has become.
There would seem to be a difference between the rhetoric coming out of the US and the implementation of policy.