£50 million of funding was announced this week for 13 councils to research “health inequalities”. The practical benefit has not been made clear.
Key voters include those who voted heavily to remain in the EU, and were decisive in the lost Tory seats of Battersea, Kensington, Kingston and Twickenham.
There is plenty of innovation taking place. There should not be an ideological veto preventing it from flourishing.
Liverpool City Council has spent an average of £7,222 for each person who lost weight. Kensington and Chelsea has spent £9,957 for each person who drinks less alcohol.
It is part of the topsy-turvy nature of modern politics that the Liberal Democrats, left for dead little more than 18 months ago, find themselves almost the favourites.
What is it – and how can we strengthen it? That is the focus of Bright Blue’s latest report, published today.