INVESTMENT
Green Book Review: Evolution not revolution for local investment
By Simon Dancer | 19 June 2025
Treasury's latest review of the Green Book holds the line on orthodoxy but offers cautious encouragement for councils to build stronger, place-based investment cases writes Simon Dancer.
PLACE-MAKING
Planning for places
By Rob Thomas | 17 June 2025
As delegates gather this week at the Welsh Local Government Association Conference, Rob Thomas en...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
A second wind for Total Place?
By Dan Corry | 11 June 2025
To crack the triple challenge of public service reform, it’s vital to start with place, says Dan ...
COMMUNITIES
How ageism shapes the design of our communities
By Natalie Turner | 24 February 2025
Natalie Turner explains how ageism can impact how older people engage with their local community ...
PLACE-MAKING
Planning changes can transform local engagement and democracy
By Mike Saunders | 13 February 2025
Technology is a key enabler with a strong and exciting role to play in catalysing community engag...
PLACE-MAKING
Rediscovering the purpose of economic strategy
By Sarah Longlands | 05 February 2025
Being able to identify and focus in on the key objective – the ‘why’ – of economic policy is unde...
PLACE-MAKING
In need of a place lift
By Stephen Taylor | 15 January 2025
Stephen Taylor says there is no need to wait for the English Devolution Bill to trundle through b...
PLACE-MAKING
Rallying for a more balanced Britain
By Susan Jarvis | 20 December 2024
The mayors of Liverpool and Manchester’s ambition for the two city regions to work more closely t...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Place does not forget
By By Claire Spencer | 19 November 2024
Claire Spencer writes: 'When your place becomes a decades-long record of being failed and forgott...
PLACE-MAKING
Creative space – a council's secret weapon
By Tom Holley | 31 October 2024
Integrating creative activities in place-making settings offers many benefits that align with cou...
LOCAL ECONOMIES
Creating true place-based policy
By By Cllr James Lewis | 03 October 2024
Core Cities has worked with colleagues to come up with some basic principles of public sector ref...
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This is a career-defining opportunity to lead one of the most critical and wide-reaching roles at BCP Council Apply for this job
Director of Planning and Economy
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Southend-on-Sea is one of the UK’s newest cities, and this is a fascinating time to join us as we shape our future. Apply for this job
Director of Public Protection and Integrated Enforcement
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Tower Hamlets is the fastest growing and most densely populated local authority in the UK. Apply for this job
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