Geography

Almost a third of local authorities in Great Britain already have employment rates of 80%, one in six have employment rates below 70%.

How can the UK achieve an 80% employment rate? What lessons can we learn from history and other countries?

We set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age.

Average exposure to PM2.5 in England fell by 54% between 2003 and 2023. Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5.

Air pollution exposure in London is consistently 15–30% higher than the average from 2003 to 2023.

The regions with the biggest falls in air pollution since 2003 are the South West and the South East, with the North East seeing the smallest fall.

The responsiveness of housing supply to local demand is highest in the East of England and lowest in and around London and in the North-West.

See how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive building has been to prices in areas across England.

This comment discusses how well housebuilding in England has responded to changes in local demand over the last 25 years.