New IPPR analysis has found that regions in the north of England receive less than half the life science investment made in the south.
The think tank is now calling for life science investment to be prioritised to ‘level-up’ the country and prepare for future global pandemics, after the research revealed that the north receives £4 billion less investment per year in health research and development (R&D) than the South.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has said that parts of the civil service will be moved out of London to other English regions.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Gove said that it was ‘vitally important that decision makers are close to people’ and that moving more branches of the service out of London would help to distribute ‘opportunity, jobs and investment fairly’ across the country.

£730 million in vital EU cash risks being sent back to Brussels if the funding is not allocated by the government before the end of the year.

Local councils are set to cut services as they count the cost of lost income from commercial investments during the coronavirus pandemic.

Local leaders have called for government ministers to spend £5bn towards meeting Conservative manifesto pledges on energy and insulation.

Angela Rayner has warned against a repeat of the Thatcher-era ‘managed decline’ for Northern communities.

Changes to the planning system will save theatres, concert halls and live music performance venues for future generations.

The SWU has claimed that the UK’s social work system faces collapse as a third of social workers look to leave the profession.

A new procurement framework will help the public sector access technology that supports social distancing in the workplace.

Southampton City Council has taken delivery of new electric vans, as part of plans for its fleet to be 90 per cent zero-emission by 2030.