Three charts that explain why falling living standards could deepen the UK’s north-south divide: SrideeStudio / Shutterstock Living standards are set to fall by 7% in the UK over the next two years, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – the government’s independent economic forecaster – but some areas will be hit harder …
Online fraudsters, colonial legacies and the north-south divide in Nigeria: JARIRIYAWAT/Shutterstock Millions of people with email accounts have undoubtedly encountered fraudulent emails that originate from Nigeria. Online fraudsters from the huge west African nation are also known as Yahoo Boys. According to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation analysed in academic research, they have …
Proposals for house building targets in England must avoid creating a north-south divide: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock A series of reforms to the planning system was recently proposed in England, including the use of a new algorithm to estimate where to build 300,000 new homes each year. It appears to suggest that a lot more houses …
North-South research partnerships must break old patterns for real change: Listening and learning during a Sustainable Futures in Action meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Molly Gilmour Since the 1940s major world powers like the US, the UK and the United Nations have made moves to spread their scientific, economic, industrial, and human rights progress to countries …
England’s north-south divide is history – but the nation’s rifts are deepening: Shutterstock. The north of England is as much of a myth as a material reality. Its particular economic, political, social and geographic qualities give it a unique character, distinct from the south of England. Since 1980s de-industrialisation, the north has been characterised as …
Lessons from along the Irish border on north-south relations after Brexit: When the Good Friday Agreement was reached in 1998, paving the way for a new era of peace and power-sharing in Northern Ireland, it took over a decade for it to have an impact on relationships along the border. Now, with the future of …