Failure to invest in Oxford’s unique economic and innovation assets and support strong city-led governance could stymie attempts to keep the UK ahead of the curve for international scientific-led innovation and hold back UK post-COVID recovery, a report issued by the think-tank Localis today has warned. In its study of Oxford’s growth potential, entitled ‘At […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “Since it will now take local authorities until the middle of the decade to recover their pre-pandemic financial position, it would be better to focus attention to bolstering revenue spending on day-to-day services as much as the much-vaunted ‘tournament financing’ of levelling up and community cash pots announced in […]
Failure to support the nation’s pubs return from lockdown risks imperilling the government’s levelling up agenda for economic and social renewal, the think-tank Localis has warned today. In a report issued today entitled ‘The Power of Pubs – protecting social infrastructure and laying the groundwork for levelling up’ Localis argued it was vital that the […]
A set of practical toolkits launched today by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny and the think-tank Localis will help council officers and councillors navigate governance risk and resilience. One of the toolkits will assist senior council staff – the golden triangle of chief executive/monitoring officer/finance officer – exercise their leadership responsibilities to own and […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “On the face of it the local state lives to fight another day from today’s Spending Review announcement with probably just enough in extra day-to-day money to protect frontline services and ceiling room to raise extra council tax to fund social care. “This can’t forestall the need to prepare […]
Ministers must make full use of the forthcoming Local Recovery and Devolution White Paper to give communities the power and resources they need to build back a better society, a report by the think-tank Localis has advised. In a study issued today entitled ‘Renewing Neighbourhood Democracy – Creating Powerful Communities’ the think-tank calls on central […]
Localis chief executive, Jonathan Werran, said: “The prime minister’s heavily-trailed speech promised to resolve a whole series of domestic agenda items from a failed housing and planning system, skills deficiency, social care neglect as well as the vexed issues of productivity and connectivity between different parts of the country. “In this context, the levelling up […]
Independent think-tank Localis has today set out an ambitious set of innovative and practical ideas from itself and 20 leading housing experts detailing how a housebuilding-led recovery could drive economic and social renewal as the nation emerges from the Covid-19 lockdown. The proposals and suggestions are contained in an essay collection entitled “Building for renewal: […]
The Grimsey Review ‘Build Back Better, Covid-19 Supplement for town centres, released Saturday 20 June has recommended that to give communities a bigger role to unlock their potential, Localis’s ‘Community Value Charter’ model – as introduced in a recent report ‘Brighten All Corners – maximising social value in place’ – should be adopted by all […]
Ministers must fund and empower local people to run vital community businesses and service hubs which can help neighbourhoods thrive beyond the immediate Covid pandemic, a report by the think-tank Localis has recommended. In a report issued today entitled ‘Local Delivery – protecting social infrastructure’ the think-tank calls on central government to show greater consistency […]