Are the Housing White Paper’s measures enough to encourage new models of housing delivery? Do the proposed revised NPPF definitions go far enough to support the government’s objectives? Will the shift away from starter homes deliver more affordable homes? In a series of roundtables, we will be exploring these questions and the Housing White Paper’s hidden […]
Industrial strategy report launch with keynote speech from BEIS Minister Nick Hurd MP The government’s ambition to set a new economic direction will be underpinned by a more ambitious and activist industrial strategy than recent administrations have been prepared to adopt. Allied to this new approach is the view that our understanding of economic success […]
Localis are holding a private roundtable on whether public health cuts are a false economy. The discussion will be chaired by former Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter MP. Discussion will focus on: how investment in public health can lead to positive health and broader social outcomes whether cuts in funding for public health lead to increased costs […]
This month, Localis will be hosting a series of private roundtables to discuss the Government’s proposed Industrial Strategy. Two of these roundtables will bring together the advisory panel for our research project on The Making of an Industrial Strategy. At each event discussion will consider: the broad policy range of the Industrial Strategy; from infrastructure and skills to regulation […]
This month, Localis will be hosting a series of private roundtables to discuss the Government’s proposed Industrial Strategy. This roundtable will discuss the creation of a place-based industrial strategy. The event, hosted by Localis and Staffordshire County Council, will feed into a major project on industrial strategy. Discussion will explore: Hypotheses and emerging conclusions from the […]
This month, Localis will be hosting a series of private roundtables to discuss the Government’s proposed Industrial Strategy. This roundtable will discuss the creation of a place-based industrial strategy. The event, hosted by Localis and the Greater Manchester-based research organisation New Economy, will feed into a major project on industrial strategy. Discussion will explore: Hypotheses and emerging […]
In conjunction with Next Door, Localis will be holding a private round table discussion to discuss the new ways in which technology can help unlock hidden social capital in our communities. The discussion will be hosted by former David Cameron speechwriter and Number 10 special adviser Max Chambers, who is now leading the UK launch of […]
To launch a new Localis report on what form a more local approach to housing policy should take, this panel event will focus on why and how housing should form a greater part of the devolution agenda – and what that might look like. The report is the culmination of a research project which has involved three […]
On Wednesday 2nd November, Localis will launch a new report on the future of the ‘public service ethos’, kindly sponsored by Grant Thornton. Discussion at the event will ask whether the ‘public service ethos’ still exists. It will also look at whether it is uniform and national, or if a new emergent generation of workers […]
The essay collection that we and Bright Blue are launching sets out to answer the question of what London will look like in 2050. To remain a thriving and successful city, improving opportunities for all of its citizens, it must be innovative – a step ahead of rival cities in in business, culture, education, governance and more. […]