Economic Development

The wellbeing barometer

Our latest Bright Idea comes from Gavin Barker via New Start’s Linkedin group: independently monitored wellbeing barometers to hold local authorities and LEPs to account

I want to pick up on the questions posed by Neil McInroy in his blog ‘what is the point of economic localism if it can’t tackle unemployment or link economic activity with social need?’.

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How new is your Agora?

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European funding and a distinct lack of localism  

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What’s the problem with regional pay?

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Celeb-regeneration? Get me out of here

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Budget 2012: steady as we go nowhere for poorest places

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A revolutionary challenge in Scotland

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Making America’s towns stronger

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It’s time economic development practitioners took the lead

Anxious as we are to experience economic development (ED) to scale, as the walls of diminishing opportunities fall around us, we must ask ourselves: ‘what is economic development and what is it expected to accomplish?’

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If you don’t like capitalism and don’t like socialism, what do you want?

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Economic false hopes hinder a better future

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Rhyme and reason

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The Branson effect: Will the billionaire solve Liverpool’s deprivation?

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No green shoots, but there’s life at the grassroots

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The value of joined up working

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Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening…