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A review of the collaboration challenge faced by the UK Government to fulfil its promise to level up the regions

New PFMConnect video focuses on the contribution social media can make to transparency's role in reducing corruption

New PFMConnect blog focuses on the contribution social media can make to transparency's role in reducing corruption

In his most recent article on the case for regional regeneration in the UK David Fellows sets regional disadvantage against the London-centric thinking that has become the establish norm in Government, the City, media and other key national institutions.

In his most recent article David Fellows suggests that the UK Government is in danger of becoming confused by the background noise of its political and media opponents.

COVID-19 has changed behaviour throughout the world and social distancing has been the key driver. There has been significant disruption to all economies.

'Things are not going back to normal. Things were changing anyway and now C-19 has given them a good push. It has also produced an enormous economic and fiscal shock that adds a terrible seriousness to the situation.

The UK's ever expanding London-centred economy is destructive of communities in the regions and in London too where decent family housing is now unaffordable.

The closure of schools to combat Covid-19 is a dramatic response to the virus that presents significant challenges concerning the continuity of education and the pupil/teacher relationship.

The UK's referendum decision to leave the European Union has ultimately resulted in the country's withdrawal from the EU under a Conservative Government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.