Labour Party Conference | Fringe Panel Debate on business rates reform and high street renewal Time and venue: Monday 9th October, from 12.00 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. , Hilton Liverpool City Centre, [Grace 1] 3 Thomas Steers Way , Liverpool , L1 8LW With the Labour Party pledged to abolish business rates, this discussion will focus on what system of […]
This year Localis will be holding events at the Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Labour Party Conferences to debate local government finance in partnership with The Norse Group, CIPFA and Public Finance magazine “Running out of gas – is it too late to fix local public finances?” The litany of local government financial failures – Slough, Thurrock, […]
Localis’s report ‘Level Measures – a modern agenda for public service integration’ sought to ask how well-equipped England’s local authorities are to navigate the twin tasks of reformed local service provision and successful placemaking in the short and medium-term. Among the seven principles a modern agenda for public service integration, we called for: Reliable, consistent and long-term […]
Aims & objectives of policy webinar This webinar was the second event in Localis’ campaign for the LRA. Resilience to the impacts of climate change is a responsibility shared across multiple sectors, governance geographies and organisational actors. As part of the research, we have been examining how resilience is defined across the policy and regulative […]
Image credit: https://ledlightstation.com/ We are using this year’s drinks reception to launch Localis’s major new report “Level Measures – a modern agenda for public service integration”. This study, sponsored by Capita, faces head on the myriad capacity challenges facing local government in the ongoing delivery of local public services that are not simply to be maintained […]
Background and Context: The dynamic of devolution and centre of gravity for local public service reform is clearly moving through the prism of trailblazing combined authorities. In the most recent budget, Combined Authority pioneers Greater Manchester and West Midlands were effectively treated as de facto government offices for the regions. Indeed, a stated intention of […]
Background and context: Between 1990 to 2018 the UK reduced emissions by more than 40 percent. This vital progress in the transition has largely been achieved through the decarbonisation of the power sector. However, as the Climate Change Committee have pointed out ‘over half of emissions reduction needed to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget involves […]
Aims & objectives of webinar Since its launch in 2019, Britain’s Leading Edge has been a collaboration and advocacy network for predominantly rural upper tier local authority regions without the economic pull of a major city. Britain’s Leading Edge wants to work with partners to improve the quality of life for the 6 million people […]
Hybrid Launch of HFI/Localis guide to a fresh way councils and developers can work together to provide homes to suit needs and pockets of those on waiting lists BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Few of the ‘new affordable’ homes being created today can be afforded by those 1.2 million households on council waiting lists. Most of those […]
A Localis Webinar – Wednesday 8 March 2023 from 11:00 to 12:00 Aims & objectives of webinar This webinar was the first event in Localis’ year long campaign for a Local Resilience Act. It explored the current state and role of climate resilience and mitigation in recently adopted local plans as well as the wider […]