Local elections provide opportunity to promote social cohesion,says reportBritain’s leading expert on social cohesion has backed calls for a radical novel approach to heal deepening divisions in the post-Brexit-vote era.
Professor Ted Cantle, author of a groundbreaking report commissioned by the government after the 2001 race riots in northern England, or has backed calls for the mayors of the six novel city regions being created across England in local elections on Thursday to appoint deputies responsible for improving relations between different community groups. The approach has been adopted by a number of major global cities with considerable success.
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Source: theguardian.com