A GOVERNMENT strategy to reverse the decline of poor neighbourhoods will be discussed at a free lecture this evening.
The University of Teesside is hosting the talk, called Still gilding the ghetto?, following the launch of the Government's National Strategy Action Plan.
Backed by a budget of £800m over three years, the plan targets 88 of the UK's most deprived areas with the promise that "no one should lose out because of where they live".
The lecture will be delivered by Professor Tim Blackman, director of the university's school of social sciences. He said: "The Government's new policies will improve things for poor people and deprived areas. But they are going to take some time to make a difference. Meanwhile, the country's affluent areas, mainly in the South-East, will probably continue to get richer."
In the talk, Professor Blackman will draw from a wide range of research about neighbourhood renewal and his own experience as a community worker, local government officer and academic.
It takes place at 6.30pm in the Europa Building, Woodlands Road, Middlesbrough.
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