The national policy context “Building back better” risks remaining a vapid if effective slogan if we don’t address the challenge of how we go about retrofitting huge swathes of existing housing stock in left-behind parts of the country where the need isn’t as great a need to ‘build, build, build’ as to ‘improve, renovate and […]
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Localis as an independent think tank dedicated to issues related to politics, public service reform and localism. Our drinks reception will be a timely opportunity to extend gratitude to our supporters, old and new, from all parts of the country who have supported us throughout the years […]
This year Localis will be hosting its Conservative Party Conference fringe events on Monday 4th October in the decorous settings of Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL Building Communities – a stewardship model for a housing-led recovery Monday 4th October 2021 from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. This Localis fringe, sponsored by Countryside Properties, asked what […]
This year Localis will be hosting its Labour Party Conference fringe events in the ballroom at the Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel – 149 Kings Road, Brighton, BN1 2PP Building Communities – a stewardship model for a housing-led recovery? This event, promoted jointly with Countryside Properties, will take place between 09.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. on Monday 27 September […]
Defining the good and the useful The Green Paper for Transforming Public Procurement sets out to promote value and transparency at the expense of red-tape. As key principles of public procurement, value for money, the public good, integrity, efficiency, fair treatment of suppliers, non-discrimination and transparency are to be enshrined in law. At the level […]
Defining the good and the useful The Green Paper for Transforming Public Procurement sets out to promote value and transparency at the expense of red-tape. As a principle of public procurement, value for money, the public good, integrity, efficiency, fair treatment of suppliers, non-discrimination and transparency are to be enshrined in law. In a Localis report […]
Can we defend and renew the case for local government’s commitment to dynamic commercial activity in the political and financial climate? About this event In the discussion to mark the launch of the forthcoming report by Human Engine and Localis, ‘Commercial Edge: renewing the case for the local investment state’, we wanted to seize the opportunity […]
As the government looks to give a more definite shape to the levelling up agenda through the forthcoming white paper, it is more important than ever to challenge and interrogate the concept, its origins and its goals. Discussions are warranted over exactly what “Levelling Up” will entail across the broad array of policy interventions it […]
A Localis / Social Value UK Webinar on transparency in the procurement world. About this event A free webinar, facilitated by Localis and Social Value UK The Green Paper for Transforming Public Procurement sets out to promote value and transparency at the expense of red-tape. As a principle of public procurement, transparency is to be […]
After successive one-year stop gap spending rounds, one occasioned by Brexit and the next by pandemic uncertainties, a long-term public finance settlement is as much desperately needed as it is unavoidable. But don’t bet the bank on there being another stop-gap financial settlement. To preserve the coherence of the local state, our councils need a […]