The key opportunity is a greater sense of community engagement and local cohesiveness as people have reached out to neighbours and across communities (on-line and off-line) in order to offer mutual support. In the context of Brexit and broader concerns about social fragmentation the covid-crisis has sparked a new sense of civic pride. The key challenge or opportunity is to harness that collective spirit in order to strengthen the fabric of the nation, especially in relation to making a reality of the ‘levelling-up’ agenda.
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