Regeneration budgets have been raided to help fund the government’s £1bn housing rescue package.

Significant improvements in the competitiveness of British cities have alleviated the north-south divide but at the expense of rural areas, according to research.

Media regulator Ofcom has been accused of ignoring the potential of local television channels on the grounds that they are not economically viable.

Labour has been accused of exacerbating regional disparities and social fragmentation despite a decade of economic growth.

Scotland’s £40m share of dormant bank accounts should be used to usher in a ‘new era’ of community-led regeneration north of the border, according to a third sector coalition.