A renewed relationship is needed between local economic anchors (an area’s major wealth creators) and ‘place’ to deliver local economic success; These new productivity deals represent forming a new social contract with business to balance increased productivity with benefits to local communities – which in turn support the growth of local employers; At the heart […]
Government must unlock infrastructure investment to power local clean growth revolution
Today, the government released its Clean Air Strategy, a pan-government response conferring upon local government important new powers and responsibilities for tackling the blight of air pollution. Click here to read Localis’ briefing on the strategy, including policy options and best practice. The briefing contains a full response from Localis chief executive Jonathan Werran, as […]
EV infrastructure roll-out risks exacerbating UK social divides, with some communities set to miss out on major health & financial benefits Restrictions on investment should be lifted or UK could fail to meet ambitious EV roll-out plan Ofgem’s powers should be devolved to ensure cities can develop their own bespoke energy policies and plans Findings […]
Failure by private firms to reform behaviour and improve how they deliver local public services could land councils with a mammoth and unaffordable £30bn bill, a new report from the think-tank Localis has found. Entitled ‘Ethical Commercialism’ the report shows moving all local services in-house would cost the public purse at least £30bn – with […]
The extent to which local authorities have displayed resilient aptitude in delivering and maintaining vital public services in the teeth of financial cutbacks has been laid bare in new data-analysis from the think-tank Localis. Findings unearthed in a short report entitled ‘On the Ropes: social care provision under austerity’ outline how competently authorities across England […]
Localis head of data research, Joe Fyans, said: “Young people are right to be phlegmatic about the rise of the robots in the workplace. However, we must acknowledge that the new jobs inevitably brought into play by automation will not necessarily be automatically filled by the current British workforce. “What we need to be worried […]
Localis, the leading independent think tank dedicated to issues related to localism and local government, has appointed Jonathan Werran as its new Chief Executive. Jonathan Werran has two decades’ experience writing and researching public policy. Prior to his appointment Jonathan was head of news and events for Localis. He has previously worked for local government […]
(This article first appeared in The Times’ RedBox section on 25 June 2018) Jeremy Hunt, the health and social care secretary, has more or less set co-ordinates for the trajectory of the next spending review with his cash bonanza win for the NHS. Let debate run wild on how this money is collected, allocated and […]
The majority of people would be willing to pay more in council tax or voluntary one-off levies to better fund particular local services across the country – a report issued today by Localis has claimed. Exclusive polling undertaken by YouGov for the Localis report ‘Monetising Goodwill’ reveals the top five public services people would pay […]