Articles
Whole-of-Society Preparedness: Finland’s approach
07 October 2021Ed Persson, an Executive Assistant with the National Preparedness Commission, examines Finland’s approach to providing national preparedness, which has some lessons for the UK. The Security Strategy In 2017… Read more
Future Proofing the UK’s Critical Subsea Cable Infrastructure
24 September 2021As an independent island nation, the UK is heavily dependent on the uninterrupted provision of communication and power services, the vast majority of which is delivered by subsea cables. But… Read more
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