How independent is your town? New tool shines a light on place relationships
A groundbreaking new tool has been launched in Scotland that will help places plan for the future.
Assessment
BULLETIN
How places could and should respond to the Chancellor's Budget
This CLES Bulletin details CLES’ thoughts on the 2016 Budget....
CLES 10
Devolution: A Historical and Global context
It is imperative that new governance structures actively accommodate the voices of citizens and the social economy; yet, it is onl...
BULLETIN
Implications of the Queen’s speech 2015
This bulletin will discuss the implications of the Conservative proposals outlined in the Queen’s speech and general election ma...
BULLETIN
Party manifestos review 2015
The bulletin summarises the key sections and themes of all party manifestos relevant to local socio-economic growth, and indicate ...
BULLETIN
Budget 2015
This CLES bulletin does three things. First, it details announcements in the 2015 budget which relate to economic development and ...
Local devolution must deliver a ‘double dividend’
Devolution offers the chance to tackle poverty and inequality by doing things differently – but current thinking may lead us towards the same mistakes, according to a new report by CLES.
RESEARCH
Austerity Uncovered
This report is based on research by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), commissioned by the TUC. It is designed to lo...
Inquiry publishes Due North report on Health Equity
The report details evidence on trends in health inequalities and flowing from this provides a set of recommendations – based on the root causes of health inequalities – for policies that can address social inequalities in health within the North and between the rest of England.
Understanding Scottish Places
CLES is excited to be involved in a consortium in partnership with the Scottish Government to create a new toolkit for towns practitioners and communities. The work has been commissioned by the Scottish Government and follows the Trust’s contributions to the Town Centre Review.
RESEARCH
Developing local economic resilience: The role of LEPs
This CLES think-piece looks at Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the extent to which they are creating local economic resil...
FINDINGS
The impacts of Walk to School
Key findings from initial phase of the Living Streets Walk to School programme evaluation including early recommendations. The eva...
FINDINGS
Working with community researchers
Community researchers are individuals who are members of a community and who are given training to conduct research in their own c...
CLES 10
Better quality jobs
The Government’s welfare reform seeks to make work pay by moving more people into paid employment. Whilst important, this much c...
