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Community partnership as the engine of local growth

Rosie Fogden 16 Mar 2026

Rosie Fogden shares reflections on community participation from our event in Barking and Dagenham.

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The complex intersection of child poverty and intimate partner violence

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Kristina Stipetic 13 Mar 2026

Kristina Stipetic explores the link between violence against women and girls and child poverty.

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Give mayors the power to get young people into work

Ben Lucas 6 Mar 2026

Ben Lucas says devolution of youth unemployment services is key to economic growth.

Dialogue Debriefs: Cost of Living and Child Poverty

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Catherine Riachi 6 Mar 2026

This Dialogue explored new data on English regions' vulnerability to cost of living pressures.

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Fuel poverty in the UK and policies to alleviate it in 2026

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Kristina Stipetic 8 Jan 2026

Kristina Stipetic analyses the causes, effects and policies to adress fuel poverty in the UK in 2026

Dialogue Debriefs: Shaping Healthy Places

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Catherine Riachi 19 Dec 2025

This Dialogue explored how economic development can be used to shape healthier places

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The Quiet Work That Makes Public Service Reform Possible

Annabel Smith 12 Dec 2025

Annabel Smith reflects on the TLG Network announcement & shares key principles of running a network

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It's time to break the pattern of reliance on pilot schemes

Annabel Smith 10 Dec 2025

Annabel Smith urges the move beyond pilots and adopting a mission-led approach to local government.

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Why public servants and policy wonks need to disrupt to deliver on the promise of total place

Rosie Fogden 5 Dec 2025

Rosie Fogden reflects on rising support for local solutions and the need to properly resource them.

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A new place toolkit: embedding health outcomes into economic development

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Elizabeth Hopkins 12 Nov 2025

Elizabeth Hopkins on using economic development as a tool to improve health and prosperity.

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Falling through the gaps: are disabled youth included in the government’s plan for growth?

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Kristina Stipetic 11 Nov 2025

Kristina Stipetic examines how inclusive policy can better support young disabled people into work.

Growth and Reform Network launches to support places across the UK

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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

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

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