Labour returns to devolution pledge

January 23, 2014 By the Smith Institute

The Local Government Chronicle has covered our report Localism and Labour: Perspectives on a new English deal, citing it as a hint that Labour is turning its focus back to devolution.

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Smith Institute supports Brent poverty commission

The independent Brent Poverty Commission launched its final report ‘A fairer future: Ending Poverty in Brent’. The Smith Institute’s Paul Hunter served as a commissioner and also undertook qualitive work with residents and quantitative analysis of poverty in the borough which features in the report. The report for Brent council set out more than 40 […]

Housing associations face tough choices around rents and arrears

The mix of COVID-19, an economic downturn and the roll-out of Universal Credit is likely to drive rent arrears among social tenants to record highs. Our estimates based on YouGov polling for the Resolution Foundation suggest that 590,000 working-age households in social housing are in arrears. Although the recent rise in rent arrears in social […]