Publications

2016 - 2017

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  BULLETIN

  Devolution: Beyond the rhetoric

  22nd November 2016

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  'Devolution: Beyond the rhetoric’ is a six-point think piece that challenges the Government narrative on devolution. It explores...
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  How places could and should respond to the Chancellor's Budget

  16th March 2016

  224.9kB     .pdf

  This CLES Bulletin details CLES’ thoughts on the 2016 Budget....

2015 - 2016

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  The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill

  8th September 2015

  467.6kB     .pdf

  This CLES bulletin does three things. Firstly it summarises the content of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill; second...
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  Implications of the Queen’s speech 2015

  4th June 2015

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  This bulletin will discuss the implications of the Conservative proposals outlined in the Queen’s speech and general election ma...
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  Party manifestos review 2015

  22nd April 2015

  546.4kB     .pdf

  The bulletin summarises the key sections and themes of all party manifestos relevant to local socio-economic growth, and indicate ...
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  Budget 2015

  30th March 2015

  269.4kB     .pdf

  This CLES bulletin does three things. First, it details announcements in the 2015 budget which relate to economic development and ...

2014 - 2015

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  The Autumn Statement 2014

  17th December 2014

  239.9kB     .pdf

  This bulletin seeks to explore this debate of infrastructure development versus cuts in more detail and highlight what was in the ...
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  Budget 2014: The narrative beneath the spectacle

  20th March 2014

  194.7kB     .pdf

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2013 - 2014

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  Community Budgets: A transformation of public service delivery?

  4th October 2013

  595.5kB     .pdf

  This bulletin reviews the progress made by the community budget pilot areas so far and asks what the challenges will be as more lo...
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  Key discussions from the CLES Summit 2013

  3rd July 2013

  198.8kB     .pdf

  This year’s CLES Summit was held on 27th June at the King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester. A lively day of presentatio...
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  Responding to Welfare Reform

  3rd July 2013

  166.0kB     .pdf

  The welfare reforms constitute the biggest shake up of the UK’s welfare system in over fifty years and consequently are expected...
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  Budget 2013

  21st March 2013

  238.2kB     .pdf

  In this bulletin we seek to look at and critique the key elements of the 2013 budget in relation to economic development and local...
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  Public health and local government

  21st March 2013

  363.4kB     .pdf

  This Bulletin will explore the emerging national level policy context around public health and local government; what local govern...
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  Responding to the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012

  13th February 2013

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  This Bulletin seeks to identify how local authorities in England are responding to the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, pa...

2012 - 2013

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  A new local economic narrative

  19th December 2012

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  This Bulletin provides a commentary upon the Coalition’s approach to economic growth and recovery, in light of the Autumn Statem...
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  City Deals

  19th October 2012

  154.4kB     .pdf

  This Bulletin provides an overview and analysis of the City Deals signed to date and provides CLES’ thoughts on the future direc...
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  Local governance: where next?

  17th May 2012

  134.8kB     .pdf

  Relationships need to be between the centre and local when it comes to place making and determining who needs to play a role at th...
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  Budget 2012: A fair deal for local economies?

  27th March 2012

  144.4kB     .pdf

  The overarching theme of the Budget was to ‘reward hard work and promote growth’ but how successful was George Osbourne in ach...