Social care is the headline from today’s Conservative manifesto and the experts have roundly criticised their proposal. Theresa May has some very smart people around her who knew this would happen. So why did they actively brief the policy and put it centre stage? Because this isn’t about policy but mandate. Should they win next […]
Localis is looking forward to hosting events with council leaders and policy makers from local authorities across the country at the LGA Conference in Birmingham this year. As part of a full programme of events, on Tuesday 4 July, we will be hosting a private dinner with a number of key figures from local government […]
This interim report is part of a wider research project by Localis looking into the next steps for health and social care integration and focuses on local government’s view of accountable care systems and where integration will be positioned within it. Click here to download the interim research note. Emerging themes Co-ordination not integration Many […]
This note from the Chief Executive is from our May newsletter. You can read the newsletter in full here and register to receive it straight to your inbox on our homepage. As I write the Conservatives have won control of Derbyshire. The Tees Valley mayoral race is neck and neck and in Birmingham reports coming […]
Targeted tax arrangements for the most deprived places. The most economically challenged places in the country, for instance those we have previously identified as stuck, should be provided special fiscal arrangements that make their place more attractive to inward investment and entrepreneurs. Tax reliefs offered as part of the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme should be […]
Some quick reflections on today’s announcement and what I think it will mean for the local elections and policy. Brexit won’t be the only thing talked about during the election I’ve consistently read this will be the Brexit election. No doubt it’ll be a foggy spectre lingering around every issue, but it can’t be the […]
This note from the Chief Executive is from our April newsletter. You can read the newsletter in full here and register to receive it straight to your inbox on our homepage. The late AA Gill said that if you want to anger someone write about where they live. Having run the gauntlet of England’s local […]
Government must broaden its focus from the major cities to small town England if it is to make an economic success of Brexit, a new report issued today has urged. Analysis by the think-tank Localis makes the case that those parts of the country home to small and rural towns, which contain some of the […]
Our latest report, The Making of an Industrial Strategy, argues for an industrial strategy which provides places the support and space to lead from the front in their economic renewal. This goes against the grain of previous industrial strategies. Past governments have tended to avoid providing particular places with tailored support and instead favoured a national approach […]
This note from the Chief Executive is from our March newsletter. You can read the newsletter in full here and register to receive it straight to your inbox on our homepage. “If you can’t annoy somebody” wrote Kingsley Amis, “there is little point in writing.” With so many Localis reports being released in the coming […]