Articles
How do we harness the power of local?
20 September 2021Bruce Mann starts the debate on building a ‘resilient society’ as part of the National Preparedness Commission’s Independent Review of the UK’s Civil Contingencies Act and its supporting civil protection… Read more
Building better resilience to environmental risks
19 September 2021Tom Oliver, Professor of Applied Ecology at the University of Reading, and Ally Lewis, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of York, examine the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and… Read more
Operational resilience in financial services
15 September 2021Paul Williams, Head of Division, Operational Risk and Resilience at the Prudential Regulatory Authority, and Anne Wetherilt, Senior Adviser at the Bank of England, consider the impact of the new… Read more
Response to Call for Evidence from the Integrated Review
09 September 2021In response to the UK Government’s Call for Evidence in connection with the Integrated Review, the Chair of the National Preparedness Commission, Lord Toby Harris, has written to the Paymaster… Read more
Testing resilience to hybrid threats: a real-time case study
19 August 2021Larna Brooks and Ed Persson, Executive Assistants with the National Preparedness Commission, provide an overview of a Friends of Europe report titled ‘Testing resilience to hybrid threats: a real time… Read more
New Review of London’s Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Attack
06 August 2021Five years on from his 2016 review, Chair of the National Preparedness Commission, Lord Toby Harris has been asked by Mayor Sadiq Khan to conduct a new wide-ranging review of… Read more
An independent review of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004)
29 July 2021Bruce Mann, Andy Towler and Kathy Settle1 set out their journey to deliver an independent assessment of an important piece of government legislation on the UK’s civil-protection arrangements. Time flies!… Read more
Renewal of Community Resilience: A new local and national resilience capability?
23 July 2021This article first appeared in a briefing paper from the Alliance Manchester University Business School and was authored by Professor Duncan Shaw. Introduction “We’re here to support you” – words… Read more
National Resilience: preparing for future challenges
14 July 2021At a speech at RUSI on 13 July, The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Paymaster General, launched a call for evidence on a national resilience strategy. Ideas were invited from… Read more
Preparedness for food-supply shortages and scarcities
05 July 2021This article by Kate Cooper, Executive Director of the Birmingham Food Council and Visiting Professional Fellow at the CRISIS Centre at Aston University, asks if potential food shortages are a… Read more