Communities can be revived through tax on rich firms like Heroic In an attempt to sow harmony, a new report has suggested One year from summer riots,
Broke after disorder Three girls killed in Taylor Swift-Themed dance class In Southport Last year on July 29 and quickly spread through parts England And Northern Ireland.
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The report warns of “a pinner movement of abandonment and gentilation”, which has gradually seen community locations, such as Southport Pier, which was closed in 2022, lost and increased separation of people in many areas.
Referring to the previous research, the report states that 50 UK Pub closes for good every month, the estimated 600 youth clubs are closed between 2012 and 2016, and London Between 2018 and 2023, about 10 were lost by the local authority in a year.
This has suggested the “21st century welfare fund” raised through the so -called Amazon Tax, under which the warehouse and distribution centers are subject to high levy or online sales taxes.
It argued that online retail vendors, who build “giant structures” – a performance of their high value – often “contribute adequately to the communities around them”.
A tax on companies with more than £ 1 million can help generate larger, more continuous resources for communities than “current community regeneration efforts”, it is said.
The report states: “If July (2024) has a thread connecting the high-octane events and slow local politics of the ghat, it is the disadvantage of physical places where we can come together, and some digital locations have replaced them.
“There is a hunger for community action as a campaign for a pear show, but lack of investment and location.
“In the absence of structures, which can promote widespread solidarity, retreat in the area of the house, or worse, in the ethnic-nationalist fantasies of muscle sovereignty.”
The author of the report, Dr. Sacha Hilorrest said: “Southport riots were a wake-up call-when the communities lose places that once lose people together. In the absence of shared places, misinformation and hate can fill the zero, which can lead to a condition of tinderbox for violence.
“The reconstruction of the local infrastructure is not just about apathy – it is an important bullwar against partition and a dangerous bridge on the far right.
“But the communities are not indifferent. They are crying for places to collect, organize and relate. We need a new generation institutes to help them to do so.”
Associate Director of IPPR Dr. Partha Patel said: “Where shared places are lost, the feeling of decline and disconnection takes root – and with it, dangerous options thrive.
“The distant right is exploiting the void where there was solidity – they impose capital on the chaos of Southport to sow right -wing disorders.
“If we are serious about social renovation, we should reconstruct the citizen infrastructure that once helps people support each other and shape their communities.”
The government has been contacted for comments.