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What now for LEPs on localism and devolution?

One of the key challenges of the localism agenda is around skills and leadership deficits ...

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A healthy economy

Progressive economic development has the local population’s health and wellbeing at its heart, says Marvin ...

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Time for home: lessons learned from the US

Here are the key lessons learned from discussions around economic development policy in the United ...

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Cleveland’s collaborative approach to economic development

The scale of the challenge meant that something drastic had to be done to respond ...

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My US mission to find new ways to reverse economic decline

Today, I embark on a three week fact-finding mission to the United States, to understand ...

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Election result delivers little cheer for progressive place making

Central government will effectively be absolving itself of a role in deciding where and how ...

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Coalitions and collaborations. How exciting are they?

There is a nervousness and excitement around who really gets to have a say in ...

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Manifestos are short on ideas for local growth

A flick through the 2015 general election manifestos suggests that although the political landscape is ...

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Money with memory: how to plug local economy leaks

Many town centres are struggling because too much money flowing around the local economy is ...

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Devolution needs to reach all parts of Britain

Settling devolutionary deals with 20 areas around the country, covering 67% of the population, has ...