Fool’s Gold, shows that, unless cast-iron guarantees are built into plans for the 2012 Olympics, the Games will fail to leave the promised positive local legacy for the poorest residents of East London.
Three decades on from the Urban Regeneration Act, inequality continues to increase. Now, new research from nef, evaluating the impact of one of the government’s flagship programmes: the ‘Local Enterprise Growth Initiative’ (LEGI) says that investment has not been targeted at the places where it would have the most impact because it has not been supported by robust measurement.
23 May 08 – Ed Balls MP, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, visited the UK Holocaust Centre today to announce the forthcoming opening of ‘The Journey’, a unique new exhibition about the Holocaust designed for primary school aged children.
Sustainable Development Commission and ippr call for special commission to establish true benefits and impacts of aviation. Disputed data underpinning the government’s air transport policy is making it impossible to weigh up the true benefits and impacts of aviation, and should be updated by a special commission, according to a report published today (Wednesday 21 May) by the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr).
UK aviation delivers multiple benefits, but with these benefits come costs, notably greenhouse gas emissions, and negative impacts on the communities around aviation facilities. Projections for large increases in aviation volumes, as outlined in the 2003 UK Air Transport White Paper, have prompted vigorous debate about the contribution of aviation to sustainable development.
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