Welcome to 'Barridise': the past, present & future of Barrow-in-Furness

Welcome to 'Barridise’: the past, present and future of Cumbria’s most controversial town

A panel discussion featuring Simon Case and moderated by Christopher de Bellaigue

In 2014 Barrow-in-Furness was named the unhappiest place in the UK. Since then the much-maligned former industrial powerhouse has received a potentially transformative boost in the form of a huge injection of public money to build nuclear subs there.

To discuss the prospects of this crucial part of Britain's defence and industrial capability, and the 56,000 people who call it home, Lord Case, the former cabinet secretary deputed by Sir Keir Starmer to lead the town’s revival, heads a panel moderated by Christopher de Bellaigue.