The government must show political courage and expend political capital in driving urgent reforms to the local government finance system in next spring’s Comprehensive Spending Review a new report issued today by Localis has advised. In a study entitled: ‘Biting the Bullet: Funding Local Government in this Parliament and Beyond’ the think tank sets out […]
Localis response to Budget 2024 Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “This epochal Budget, the first by a Labour Government in fourteen years, should give place-based policy a role from central casting in delivering the chancellor’s priority calls for economic growth, new infrastructure and the restoration of public services. “The increased powers and setting […]
Councils should make better use of their collective annual £72bn spend on goods and services to promote community prosperity, a new report published today by the think-tank Localis has advised. In a study entitled ‘New Values: local public contracts for networked social prosperity’ Localis calls on councils to make use of the new Procurement Act […]
Environment and housing ministers must work together to enact promises made in opposition to improve flood defences and boost planning resilience, a new report from think-tank Localis has urged. In a report published today entitled ‘Plain Dealing Revisited– planning for flood resilience’ the independent place experts set out how in the three years since their […]
Government must overhaul a counterproductive regulatory and tax landscape that threatens the future of the ever-popular British local pub as a vital social and economic anchor for communities across the country, a study published by the think-tank Localis today warns. In a report issued today at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool entitled ‘Inn-Valuable 2: […]
New Localis report calls on the government to make it easier for local leaders to adopt proactive and preventative approaches to service provision and encourage collaborative partnership working across the public and private sector. The report suggests that the government could do this by restoring stability to council finances as a foundation from which to […]
Job title: Events and communications manager Working for: Localis Location: London (hybrid working from home and in-office) Salary: £25,000 full time Length of contract: Six months initial contract with three-month probationary period Job details Localis is a leading, independent think tank focusing on devising place-based public policy at the level of national and local government. We are […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “Legislative plans outlined in today’s King’s Speech to reintroduce strategic planning, could be a gamechanger for housing supply and ultimately help ‘take the brakes off Britain’. “We urgently need planning reform to support good growth, but this needs to be balanced with the desperate need for some immediate stability […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “As we awake to the new dawn, the political sky is clear, and we can start thinking of the realities of the Labour government power and what it will mean for revitalising place policy on the ground. “We can certainly look forward to a rebranding and repurposing of the […]
Localis, the independent think-tank of place, has today published an incisive analysis of the election manifestos from the Labour and Conservative parties, spotlighting the implications for local government a week before the general election. Entitled, ‘Betting the house: local policy challenges and the 2024 general election’ the study underscores the importance of local authorities in […]