Responsibility for tackling the growing prevalence of flash surface flooding should be gripped by central and local government to prevent needless damage to property and human misery, the think-tank Localis has argued. In a report published today entitled ‘Surface Tensions – working together against flash flooding’ the place experts argued the connection between increased urbanisation […]
Local government should be empowered to independently fund clean growth projects and lead the drive to hit net zero in local communities, a report from Localis today urges. ‘Mapping a route to clean local growth – clearing the path to net zero’ calls on central government to raise the floor of support to help councils […]
Independent think-tank Localis has today launched a campaign calling for the streamlining of legislation to give local leaders powers and independent funding to protect areas from climate change and extreme weather. In making the case for a Local Resilience Act, Localis argue that England’s local authorities are best placed to understand and to act upon […]
Independent think-tank Localis has today published a policy toolkit setting out how councils should seek to work with their communities to make residents feel pride in their place. Entitled ‘The Connected Society’ the practical study draws on the experience of Kensington and Chelsea Council’s efforts to transform how they increase participation of local people in […]
Independent think-tank Localis has today published a policy toolkit setting out how high streets across Kent and Medway are tackling a changing and challenging retail landscape. Entitled ‘Recovery and Renewal on the Kent High Street’ the practical study sets out concrete examples of how Kent’s local centres are adapting with a sense of determination, ingenuity […]
Job title: Researcher Working for: Localis Location: London (hybrid working from home and in-office) Salary: £25,000 pro rata 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 […]
Ministers must not penalise countryside dwellers who live off the gas grid – one in seven households nationwide – by making them guinea pigs in the drive to decarbonise heating, a report from the think-tank Localis has warned. In its study issued today entitled “Reaching rural properties: off-grid heating in the transition to net zero”, […]
Government must rethink its assumption that merely directing investment away from an ‘overheated’ South East will cool intense living pressures affecting the region and benefit the rest of the country, the think-tank Localis has argued. In a report published today entitled ‘Resetting the South East: levelling up after Brexit, Covid and climate change’, Localis makes […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “We have to admire the ambition and vision of the Levelling Up White Paper as a sincere and deeply thoughtful attempt to turn the tide of the times and change the economic geography of the country so as to narrow stubbornly-entrenched social disparities. “The extent to which this will […]
The public sector should strive to be more ethical and place-sensitive when buying goods and services worth up to £300bn each year, the think-tank Localis has argued. In a report published today entitled ‘True Value: towards ethical public service commissioning’, the place experts examine the current state and likely future of the public service marketplace, […]