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The politics of shaping place

Annabel Smith 9 Oct 2025

Annabel Smith detects a shift in focus towards local leadership at the Labour Party conference.

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Empowering communities to make lasting change

Matthew Davis 9 Oct 2025

Matthew Davis looks at the UK's Pride in Place programme and asks how to achieve long-term renewal

Growth and Reform Network launches to support places across the UK

Growth and Reform Network 8 Oct 2025

The Growth and Reform Network was formally launched in an event with local and national policymakers

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Roundtable briefing: A preventative approach to public services

Growth and Reform Network 20 Aug 2025

Place leaders came together in Manchester to explore the prevention demonstrator approach

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From duty to delivery

Annabel Smith 19 Aug 2025

Collaboration is no longer optional – it is part of the statutory fabric.

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How (not) to do evaluation: A guide to the UK’s favorite policy ritual

Evaluation in British policymaking is often poorly understood, under-resourced, and misapplied

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Good Work sorted, or still a work-in-progress?

Rosie Fogden asks what Labour’s Employment Right Bill means for the good work agenda.

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This or That-ism? Growth myths that are holding back the economy

Tanya Singh 3 Apr 2025

Tanya Singh busts 3 dichotomous growth myths that are holding back growth.

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Transforming neighbourhoods

Ben Franklin 13 Mar 2025

Ben Franklin on the need for neighbourhood transformation in his home borough of Bromley.

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Fostering inclusive growth though regeneration: Bristol Temple Quarter

Simon Cowley 4 Mar 2025

Putting inclusive growth at the heart of a major regeneration project in Bristol Temple Quarter.

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The Productivity Blind Spot: Why UK policymakers can’t afford to ignore low-wage sectors

Tanya Singh 3 Mar 2025

Tanya Singh sets out how the UK can crack the productivity code in it's foundational sectors.

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2025: A rush to deliver

Annabel Smith 23 Jan 2025

Director of Place and Practice, Annabel Smith reflects on the governments missions in 2025.

Scaling up Early Years Education in Liverpool City Region 

Emma Dickinson 11 Nov 2024

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's approach to scaling up Early Years Education.

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