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ECONOMIC GROWTH

What we can learn from international 'turnaround cities'

By Kerry Ferguson | 09 October 2023

Kerry Ferguson looks at seven ‘turnaround’ cities and asks what would it take for the UK to reach...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Partnership and perseverance pay

By Mike Auger | 09 October 2023

Lewisham Gateway is a fresh model for how councils and place-makers can deliver transformational ...

FINANCE

Politicians' conspiracy theories that blur reality won't wash

By Alice Bell | 06 October 2023

Misrepresentations of 15-minute neighbourhoods distract from far bigger threats to local communit...

PENSIONS

LGPS: Pooling should start from the bottom up

By Steve Simkins | 05 October 2023

The future of the Local Government Pension Scheme depends not just on investment efficiencies but...

FINANCE

No dates for pothole cash

By Chris Ames | 05 October 2023

The Department for Transport does not have a timescale for the billions of pounds for road resurf...

INFRASTRUCTURE

Two answers to levelling up – but what's the question?

By Heather Jameson | 04 October 2023

Heather Jameson says set aside the anti-city, anti-local government rhetoric - Rishi Sunak's plan...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Growth battlelines

By Heather Jameson | 03 October 2023

Rishi Sunak has launched a towns plan, while a new report says bringing UK cities up to the produ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A working ecosystem needs a local base

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 03 October 2023

Local authorities are the natural fulcrum for a dynamic, flexible and responsive skills ecosystem...

HEALTH

Party conferences are a golden opportunity for districts

By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 03 October 2023

In party conference season the hope is that collectively councillors can influence their party’s ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Growth: the big issue

By Ben Lucas | 03 October 2023

As we enter election season a national growth plan is needed now, delivered with and by places, s...

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Kirklees Metropolitan Council