When the old suffer too: the cycle of intergenerational inequality
There is a time honoured, effective, but ultimately illogical argument made about generations.
The share of people working in public service
The government could, if it wished, claim that in 2021 it was employing more people in public sector jobs than John Major did.
The end of great expectations?
The pandemic inquiry must account for stalling life expectancy before the pandemic, Editorial, British Medical Journal
The Trickle Up of Fear
Slowly and strangely the world changes. We adapt, but it changes us too. We are not the people we were.
The never-ending pandemic
The pandemic is not ending—and it may not end in our lifetimes.
The Decimation of the NHS
Geographers should be interested in what is happening to the NHS because it is through making geographical comparisons with other countries that we can see that its current decimation is unnecessary.
The ever ending never ending pandemic
How little we knew two years ago and how little we still know now.
Christmas Socialising: three health experts explain how to interpret new advice
Christmas socialising: three health experts explain
Public sector spending and Living Standards in the long run
After the Chancellor delivered his Autumn Budget of 2021, the detailed papers were released that attempted to explain and defend his decisions.
When will life return to normal after the pandemic
When will life return to normal ?
Who are the unvaccinated and what is happening to them?
On 21st September 2021, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produced a report with the cheery title: “Deaths by vaccination status, England”.
Geographical and social Inequalities in health in England across two centuries
In July 2021 the BBC published a series of maps of child mortality in England and Wales in 1850 to compare with maps of Covid-19 mortality rates
House prices: should we welcome a crash?
British governments don’t deliberately do things that negatively affect house prices.
Levelling up taxation, funding and education
The human geography of the UK is a very unlevel playing field – more akin to a mountain range than a field.
You may say “jam tomorrow”. But we say, “share today”
Rather than promising growth tomorrow, policy-makers should give more to younger generations today