Seven New Labour and neighbourhood renewal
-
Ruth Lupton
Abstract
This chapter investigates the new policies of the New Labour government, including wider urban, regional, and housing policies. There have been two distinct phases of policy development in England: the introduction of a new range of area-based policies, and the introduction of the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. The New Labour government’s area programmes, which became commonly known as area-based initiatives (ABIs), included both comprehensive area-regeneration schemes and specific programmes on health, education, employment, and early-years development. The Action Plan for the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal had five key elements. Building on this approach, it included over 100 specific elements, some of them new, some already being done. The New Labour government’s policy agenda for neighbourhood renewal was certainly broader than that of any of its predecessors, and seemed to have learnt some of the lessons of the past.
Abstract
This chapter investigates the new policies of the New Labour government, including wider urban, regional, and housing policies. There have been two distinct phases of policy development in England: the introduction of a new range of area-based policies, and the introduction of the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. The New Labour government’s area programmes, which became commonly known as area-based initiatives (ABIs), included both comprehensive area-regeneration schemes and specific programmes on health, education, employment, and early-years development. The Action Plan for the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal had five key elements. Building on this approach, it included over 100 specific elements, some of them new, some already being done. The New Labour government’s policy agenda for neighbourhood renewal was certainly broader than that of any of its predecessors, and seemed to have learnt some of the lessons of the past.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
