How can government (central and local government) systems and processes work more effectively, to build a more integrated and socially cohesive society
Background
Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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