On Tuesday 22nd July we are hosting another policy webinar from 11:oo until 12:00! As trust in political institutions continues to decline, communities across England are experiencing a deepening sense of political disconnection. Even as successive governments have introduced regional devolution initiatives, few have passed power directly to communities and neighbourhoods most implicated by the […]
Our final event at the LGA Conference 2025 is a breakfast panel debate about brownfield regeneration in the context of legislation and government policy on urban extensions, proposals for New Towns and the strictures of statutory local growth plans. The event sponsored by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will be held at the Leonardo Hotel […]
The English Devolution white paper, published in December 2024, set in motion a chain of events raising a series of fundamental questions about the arguments underpinning it. In a short report from Emeritus Professors of local government, Colin Copus and Steve Leach – the first in Localis’s new series of ‘Other Ideas’ – which will […]
At the 2025 LGA conference we are hosting a panel discussion on the LCR Innovation Zone and modern industrial strategy from 2:30 to 3:30 on 2nd July at Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool. The event will be held in collaboration with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and is open to all. sign up here Policy context In […]
Join us at the LGA conference 2025 for a panel debate and report launch on new approaches to reducing worklessness and raising productivity within the labour market. It will hosted at the Leonardo Hotel from 15:00-16:00 on the 1st July. The report entitled “Guarantee of potential – driving the place case for innovative local employment […]
Join us for an evening reception and fireside chat involving Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, Birmingham City Council Managing Director, Joanne Roney and invited high-level guest speakers on 2nd July from 18:00 to 19:00 to debate how combined and local authorities should rise to the challenges posed by the recent Spending Review and modern […]
We are hosting the launch of Localis’s forthcoming report ‘New Stable’ which concerns the potential for LGPS investment to boost affordable housing provision, over afternoon tea and refreshments in the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday 14th May 2025. ‘New Stable – expanding and reforming the role of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in driving forward […]
Localis policy webinar, Wednesday 11th December 2024 from 11.00 to 12.00 The financial issues facing English councils are well known. The costs of temporary accommodation, social care and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Education have increased rapidly in recent years. Delivery of the promise made by the Government to ‘fix the foundations’ and begin […]
Forthcoming event “Restoration and Resilience”: Creating Capacity and Capability to Deliver Local Services in the South East Report launch and evening reception: Wednesday 4th December 2024 – from 6.30 p.m. The Council Room, One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA We are hosting our end of year drinks reception in collaboration with South East Employers and South East […]
Labour Party Conference Fringe: Panel debate and report launch on future of the local Time and venue: Monday 23rd September from 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. , Maldron Hotel Liverpool (Albert Room), 2 Park Lane, Liverpool L1 8AW https://www.maldronhotels.com/liverpool/location/ The context to our session is that pubs have long stood as familiar and welcoming landmarks. Their significance […]