Levelling Up

Shivani Menon, Onward's researcher, wrote an op-ed for LGO about our recent report 'Levelling Up Locally'.

Shivani Menon, Onward's researcher, wrote an op-ed for LGO about our recent report 'Levelling Up Locally'.

Sebastian Payne, Onward's Director, wrote an op-ed for The Times about tackling antisocial behaviour.

Media coverage for Green Jobs, Red Wall, including Adam Hawksbee and Saqib Bhatti's op-ed for Times Red Box and news reports from Politics Home, City AM and Energy Voice.

Adam Hawksbee and Saqib Bhatti write for Times Red Box on Onward's new report, Green Jobs Red Wall, on the opportunities for Levelling Up provided by driving investment in green industries.

Adam Hawksbee and Saqib Bhatti write for Times Red Box on Onward's new report Green Jobs, Red Wall, on the opportunities for Levelling Up that could be boosted by investment in green industries.

Director Will Tanner wrote for the Prospect Magazine on what the Government's policies announced in the Queen's speech means for broader politics.

Director Will Tanner also wrote for The Times Red Box on how the infrastructure levy and neighbourhood share will be key to delivering on levelling up goals.

Director Will Tanner authored a letter for The Financial Times, setting out how apprenticeships serve as a great alternative to low-value degrees.

Deputy Director Adam Hawksbee writes for the Yorkshire Post, citing the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in South Yorkshire as a model for integrated apprenticeship delivery

Director Will Tanner wrote for Politics Home, discussing how the current apprenticeship system is failing to serve the group of learners that could benefit most from it.

Media coverage summary for the report 'Course Correction.'

Senior Researcher Francesca Fraser summarises our research report Course Correction, arguing that current gaps in the apprenticeship system undermine levelling up.

Director Will Tanner writes for the House Magazine on how the success of levelling up will depend on whether it can survive a change in political leadership

Deputy Director Adam Hawksbee shares the findings from focus groups we conducted in Oldham, Manchester.

Will Tanner and Richard Holden MP write for Times Red Box about our recent report, Levelling Up Pensions.

Will Tanner argues in Times Red Box that the Chancellor's Budget should focus less on cost of living and more on the foundation of a productive economy: skills, R&D and investment.

James Blagden, Senior Researcher at Onward, wrote for the Bennett Institute at Cambridge University about the effect of transport connectivity on regional earnings.

Robert Largan MP writes for Times Red Box about the transport connectivity gap between his constituency and similar places in the South of England.

Will Tanner writes for House Magazine about the defining challenges facing the Government.

Will Tanner writes for Prospect Magazine on the big policy battles facing Boris Johnson going into Conservative Party Conference.

Will Tanner writes for the i Newspaper about the establishment of a new Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Will Tanner writes for Times Red Box on how to fix local government financing.

Selaine Saxby MP writes for ConservativeHome following her Onward report on levelling up the South West.

Media coverage summary of Making a Comeback

Will Holloway writes for ConservativeHome calling for a National Plan for Manufacturing, following findings in our research 'Making a Comeback'

Media coverage summary of our report, Lost Learning.

Onward's Francesca Fraser writes for Prospect about the need for Government to address the inequities of the school system within their levelling up agenda.

Will Tanner writes for The Times about the importance of education within the levelling up agenda

Media coverage summary of Levelling up the Tax System.

Media coverage summary of Levelling Up Growth-Enhancing Spending.

Research released by Onward demonstrates how much accumulated decision-making the Chancellor will need to unwind if wants to make a dent on regional imbalances, writes James Blagden.