Steven Griggs
Levelling up or pushing down?
Stoke-on-Trent has been the victim of the repeated failure of regional economic policy, say Steven Griggs, Stephen Hall and Martin Jones. They ask if localism can deliver alone for the city or anywhere else.
The limitations of localism
Neil Barnett and Steven Griggs argue that any future financial settlement must better understand the inequalities across local government, putting national redistribution between the centre and the local, and between authorities, firmly on the agenda.