Luke Stanley - Onward

Luke Stanley

Senior Researcher

Luke joined Onward in 2021, and works on the Social Fabric programme. He was previously policy adviser to Lord Hague and a part-time member of the CCHQ Press team. Luke also has experience working in public affairs, at Hanbury Strategy, and holds a Masters degree in Political History.

Financial Times

Workington looks to Boris Johnson to ‘level up’ the town

In his article for the Financial Times, Sebastian Payne references the 'Workington Man', a phrase coined by Onward at the last election to define the typical first time Tory voter.

The Times Red Box

The budget holy trinity: R&D, skills and foreign investment

Will Tanner writes for Times Red Box ahead of the Chancellor's budget

Centre for Cities

Will Tanner speaks to Centre for Cities

Will Tanner shares his thoughts with Centre for Cities on the nature of the levelling up agenda so far

Smart Thinking

In its constitutional centenary could power be better shared within the UK going forward?

Jenevieve Treadwell writes for Smart Thinking, discussing how power should be shared going forward.

Financial Times

Labour gives up on ‘pork barrel’ battle with Tories

Will Tanner is quoted in the Financial Times, arguing that the way in which government is distributing levelling-up funds is not suffering from 'pork barrel politics'.

Local Trust

Turning the tide in ‘left behind’ areas: Learning from 60 years of regeneration policy

Margaret Bolton, director of policy and communications at Local Trust, looks at the main take-aways of Turnaround, a new report from thinktank Onward supported by Local Trust and Power to Change.