Southern Policy Centre regularly publishes reports and research material, and we also hold seminars, conferences and other events. Use the submenu to display publications and events for a specific theme:
Is there a strategy for the central South? Conference presentation 20 September 2019
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Is there a strategy for the central South? Conference to launch SPC’s research report
On 20 September SPC will introduce their research on whether the variety of plans and strategies published by councils and LEPs across the central South together present a clear narrative about our ambitions for the future. Evidence from across England... Read more →
Is there a strategy for the central south?
Introduction Three seminars are being held as part of the Regional Strategy Project to focus on the various challenges facing the central south. We would like to thank Barker Mill Estates, Build Environment Communications Group (BECG), Blake Morgan, Hampshire County... Read more →
Help us to move on!
Our report for the Blagrave Trust outlining practical policy recommendations to address some of the issues facing young people in Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton can be read below. Read more →
Home, here or London?
Retaining graduates from the central South’s universities. Both authors frequently hear the refrain ‘we must retain more of our graduates’ at meetings and seminars on the local economy.This report, commissioned by Willmott Dixon, explores the retention of graduates from the... Read more →
Living Well: Health and wellbeing for a better quality of life
In March 2018 the University of Winchester and Southern Policy Centre hosted a seminar on health and social care, exploring the challenges facing the Central South as we strive to meet the pressures demographic changes put on our health and... Read more →
‘A great place to live…if you can afford it’
The Central South is recognised as having some of the highest housing costs outside London. Our report, undertaken on behalf of Enterprise M3 LEP and Radian housing association, reviews the cost of house rental and purchase in our region and... Read more →
Deprivation in the South
Despite its perceived affluence relative to other parts of the UK, pockets of severe multiple deprivation exist across the South Coast region. This research offers a timely corrective to over-simplistic ideas of an English North-South divide by highlighting the significance... Read more →
Health and Social Care: The Challenge Facing the Central South
Joint Seminar with the University of Winchester chaired by Steve Brine MP Health and Social Care: The Challenge Facing the Central South Date: Thursday 22 March 2018, 18:15 Venue: The Stripe, University of Winchester, SO22 4NR Read more →
Next-door neighbours - collaborative working across the London boundary
Local government obsesses about boundaries: we think they’re always wrong. We spend hours, and pounds, looking at options for council reorganisation or Combined Authorities, and rarely agree where lines on maps should be drawn. We seem intent on imposing our... Read more →
Localised Widening Participation Strategies – a data-based approach
The results of a year-long study by the Southern Policy Centre, supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and GuildHE. The study has used ‘open data’, and data held by local councils, to explore why able young... Read more →
Devo South: Getting back on track
This report records the issues and ideas discussed at the Southern Policy Centre’s Devo South conference and suggests how matters might be moved forward. Read more →
The Impact of Business Rate Revaluation
This paper sets out the background to Business Rate revaluation in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and presents the data for different business sectors. It also considers the impact of revaluation in neighbouring Counties. Read more →
Winchester BID: Business Rates
This paper sets out the background to Business Rate revaluation in Winchester and presents the data for different business sectors, examines the impact of transitional arrangements and looks at competing business centres Read more →
What do Hampshire businesses want from local government?
Hampshire businesses have had their say in what they want to see from local government and from any devolution deal done with central government: Hampshire businesses want to see a single, simple to engage with local authority, with a more... Read more →
Widening participation in Higher Education
New study sheds light on why Southern students miss out on university Over 50 young people every year are missing out on university from just five local government wards in Poole, Hampshire, Southampton, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. And over... Read more →
Assembly South report
Introduction Assembly South was part of an important new experiment in how to organise democracy effectively. It consisted of a group of 23 citizens and 6 councillors from the Solent and Isle of Wight area who met in Southampton over... Read more →
Devo-South: a report on devolution and business
What are the challenges facing southern England, how can devolution empower local leadership to tackle them, and what do business leaders make of the opportunities offered by the government’s decentralisation agenda? Download the full report here BUSINESS is backing the... Read more →
Beyond Caring? The South and the collapse of Adult Social Care
Using data reported nationally, and drawn from council and administrative systems, the briefing identifies a major drop in the number of adults being cared for by local authorities suggesting that those who are old or face disabilities will encounter increasing... Read more →
Immigration in Southampton
Immigration is one of the most topical issues in Southampton. On Saturday 13th December 2014, local citizens attended the Southampton Conversation to discuss immigration policy with fellow citizens and experts. After all, everyone has a view on immigration. What we... Read more →