Research and Reports

State of the Nation 2017: Social Mobility in Great Britain

Although focusing on a wide range of factors that affect social mobility, this report says that living “in a disconnected area can lead to worse social mobility outcomes in an individual’s working life” and that the “role of transport is critical in connecting people to jobs and wider services”. It reports that transport spending in London is over three times that of the East Midlands, South West or North East - and that even taking into account HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse, over half of planned transport spend is in London.