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The injunction to “live local and prosper” is the order of the day in the aftermath of last week’s local and devolved regional elections. Good quality neighbourhoods, vibrant high streets, decent school provision and abundant high-skilled jobs from a prosperous local economy – everything that instils pride in place should be encouraged. The Government can […]
Yesterdays Queen’s Speech was undeniably short on surprises, yet there is still some new information to be gleaned on the size and shape of the Levelling Up agenda and the future of local government in England, which we expound upon below. The entire speech and supporting documents are available here. Levelling up slides into focus When […]
Politics and regional railways have had a somewhat peculiarly difficult history from the outset. At the opening of the Manchester and Liverpool railway on 15 September 1830, MP for Liverpool, William Huskisson, was attempting to clamber into the Duke of Wellington’s carriage on the steam locomotive ‘Northumbrian’ during a stop for water. He fell and […]
In recent weeks there has been a lively and engaging post-Budget debate on this website around the Government’s Plan for Growth and its recalibration of industrial policy, enlivened by telling contributions from Greg Clark and ConservativeHome’s own Paul Goodman. The new business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng has derided the ancien regime Industrial Strategy as “a pudding with no theme”. Indeed, Andy […]
by Joe Fyans, Head of Research Is it localism of a sort when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the back end of an unprecedented national crisis, takes a break from delivering the budget statement to campaign for the Mayor of Tees Valley? If it is, it’s a sort of partisan localism etched through yesterdays’ announcements like a stick […]
By Grace Newcombe, Lead Clean Growth Researcher The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has a chance to put the UK in pole position for clean growth revolution – but only if he finances and empowers our localities and regions to drive change – including in the area of green transport, writes Grace Newcombe – lead clean growth researcher, […]
The state of the Union and its survival against the threat of Scexit will likely be the only political story once the May elections are out of the way. This debate will, perhaps, exhaust and infuriate English patience even more intently and insistently than the last occasion this once-in-a-generation issue was aired back in 2014. […]
Localis analysis of the 2020 Spending Review Joe Fyans, Head of Research So, nine of the longest months in living memory after the Spring Budget and Levelling Up is still firmly the agenda. Indeed, much like that last budget, beneath the big-ticket items lurks a residual austerity, evident in a pay freeze which does little to convert clapping into […]
As the winter election of 2019 approaches approaches amidst a blizzard of promises and debate, Localis have produced Manifest Destiny as a shorthand guide to the localist elements of the three main party manifestos. Focusing on those pledges which directly concern the powers, funding and control of local government, we take the manifestos at face value and […]
The increased pressure placed on local authorities under the period of austerity since 2010 has been well rehearsed, but how well have local authorities as a whole managed under the strain? This short report examines some of the evidence available on one crucial line of service: social care. The analysis shows most users of adult […]