Ministers should fully fix cuts to public health funding and put a premium on preventative care budgets, targeting resources and funding to parts of the country that would benefit most from immediate help, a new report from the think-tank Localis has recommended. In a report entitled ‘Local Practice – long-term sustainability through place-based health’, Localis […]
Job title: Researcher (x2) Working for: Localis Location: London Salary: London Living Wage, 15 hour week Job details Localis is a leading, independent think tank focusing on devising place-based public policy at the level of national and local government. Our former researchers have gone onto work in the civil service, leading research organisations and major […]
A renewed relationship of trust and respect is needed between local and central government if we are to restore economic purpose and provide long-term and funded answers to key social pinch-points across the country, Localis has reported today. In a report entitled ‘Hitting Reset – a case for local leadership’ the think-tank argues that providing […]
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 […]