The Preston model: UK takes lessons in recovery from rust-belt Cleveland
As councils struggle with cuts, one Lancashire city adapted a pioneering grassroots approach from America to tackling inequality and keeping profits local.
CLES in the Press
Manchester saves £65m with new procurement policy
Manchester City Council (MCC) is playing a “pioneering role” by reinvesting spend back into the local economy through its progressive procurement policies, according to an independent think tank.
Manchester Council playing ‘pioneering role’ in progressive procurement
Manchester City Council is playing a ‘pioneering role’ in reinvesting spend back into the local economy with its progressive procurement policies, report says.
Stuart MacDonald discusses pensions and devolution on BBC Daily Politics
Stuart MacDonald discusses pensions and devolution in live interview on BBC Daily Politics.
Un desarrollo local para la mayoría
We must accelerate the alternatives – written by Neil McInroy and published in Alternativas Economicas in Spanish.
‘Poverty was entrenched in Preston. So we became more self-sufficient’
[Matthew Brown] works closely with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies thinktank to implement his ideas and an EU network of cities that face similar challenges, though Brexit may put an end to that.
CLES appoints new Associate Director
The UK’s leading progressive think and do tank, the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), has appointed a new Associate Director.
Bournville again: can a new Birmingham hospital recreate the Cadbury effect?
“Cities need to understand and harness the potential of their existing wealth,” says Matthew Jackson, deputy chief-executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, who helped create the Preston model and is now running the Birmingham project.
The State Of The City – Manchester In 2017
Jonathan Schofield asks what might happen with an Elected Mayor and a departed Bernstein
Making Wealth Work for all
Birmingham City Council is joining with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies and Barrow Cadbury Trust to examine how anchor institutions can boost local economic opportunities. Neil McInroy and Matthew Jackson explain the approach and the need for a closer look at growth.
Tackling Poverty Locally
Neil McInroy wrote this article for New Statesman. As part of the ‘Forging a good local society: tackling poverty through a local economic reset’ research work for Webb Memorial Trust
Devolution should be ‘reset’ to include voluntary sector
Voluntary sector leaders have said the devolution process should be reformed to ensure charities are properly represented as service providers.
Theresa May has a golden opportunity to make devolution work – but it must be progressive
Since Theresa May took office as prime minister of the UK in July there has been a great deal of speculation about how – if at all – powers over tax rates and local spending will be devolved to local authorities, as promised by the country’s former chancellor George Osborne.
Lack of civil servant ‘capability outside London holding devolution back’
One third of civil servants should be moved outside London as part of the devolution of powers to local areas, according to a new report from the Policy Exchange.
Devolution ‘failing’ to address national problems
Devolution in the UK is failing to address the country’s pressing political, social and economic problems, according to a report.
