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Are LEPs and Combined Authorities a winning combination?
Is devolved funding on its way to local authority leaders' boards? Government’s 2013 response to the Heseltine Review has given us two ‘big’ governance ‘ideas’ – first ‘conurbation mayors where local...
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Recovering from the spring fevers of oxymoronic city growth strategies
..at least not until we sort out the oxymorons in city growth strategies In recent weeks, there has been an outbreak of cities ‘spring fever’ in local economic development. The Centre for Cities...
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Getting governance right for local strategic economic leadership
‘No-brainer’ consultations shouldn’t stop us doing serious work on governance The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on amending legislation relating to Combined...
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Building the case(s) for enhanced devolution
Is anyone up for Devo-Max? I have recently been delighted to work with Newcastle University, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) exploring the case(s) for enhanced devolution of...
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‘Living in the city’– Whilst Ministers can’t see beyond 2015, city leadership...
Which comes first – smarter cities or smarter Ministers? The official statement of Brandon Lewis, Minister for Housing and Planning, following the award of the Wolfson Economics Prize on Garden Cities...
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Why the aftermath of the Scotland referendum should not be the principal...
St. George is not an obvious aficionado of enhanced devolution…! In the frenzy of post-Scotland referendum party politicking, local leadership teams need to urgently accelerate their own devolution and...
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The ‘grit(s) in the Oyster’ of city growth – How to turn City Growth...
Still a lot of work to do to turn city growth devolution into a beautiful pearl The publication of the RSA’s City Growth Commission (CGC) final report – ‘Unleashing Metro Growth’ – provides a timely...
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Is the Manchester metro-Mayor agreement a game changer to last week’s blog?
An unfortunate photo in many ways!…but is the signing of the Manchester agreement by Osborne and the LA leaders a devolution game changer? Many congratulations to Greater Manchester Combined Authority...
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100 Not Out…and the IED National Conference
Need for attacking and defensive play in the life of the development economist I am delighted to be participating in the Institute of Economic Development (IED) Annual Conference later this week....
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