The Missing Links: Connecting disadvantaged neighbourhoods to new economic opportunities

Published: 16 Dec 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

Impactful devolution ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Growth and Reform Network

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Growth and Reform Dialogue: Evaluating Inclusive Growth

Join us for our first Growth and Reform Dialogue on Evaluating Inclusive Growth on 27 November 2025.

Published: 5 Nov 2025.

By Catherine Riachi

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Growth and Reform Dialogue: Unpacking the Budget

Join us for our Growth and Reform Dialogue on Unpacking the Budget on 28 November 2025.

Published: 5 Nov 2025.

By Catherine Riachi

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Seven Things We’ve Learned About How Economics Shapes Our Health

Tanya Singh explores the findings of our new evidence review on health and economic development.

Published: 15 Oct 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Tanya Singh

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

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

Published: 11 Nov 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

System wide reform .

By Kristina Stipetic

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The Quiet Work That Makes Public Service Reform Possible

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

Published: 12 Dec 2025.

System wide reform ,

Impactful devolution ,

Healthy working economy .

By Annabel Smith

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Growth and Reform Dialogue: The Devo Prescription - shaping healthy places

Join us for our Growth and Reform Dialogue on Unpacking the Budget on 28 November 2025.

Published: 8 Dec 2025.

By Catherine Riachi

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A Place Toolkit for Improving Health through Economic Development

Published: 4 Nov 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Growth and Reform Network

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

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

Published: 5 Dec 2025.

System wide reform ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Rosie Fogden

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

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

Published: 10 Dec 2025.

System wide reform ,

Impactful devolution .

By Annabel Smith

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A force for growth: Spotlighting the role of councils in enabling inclusive economic growth

Published: 10 Dec 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

Impactful devolution ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Growth and Reform Network

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Dialogue Debriefs: Unpacking the Budget

Our Growth and Reform Dialogue unpacked the Budget's policy implications for regions.

Published: 18 Dec 2025.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Catherine Riachi

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Dialogue Debriefs: Shaping Healthy Places

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

Published: 19 Dec 2025.

Healthy working economy ,

System wide reform ,

Impactful devolution .

By Catherine Riachi

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Dialogue Debriefs: Evaluating Inclusive Growth

Our first Growth and Reform Dialogue focused on how places can effectively measure inclusive growth.

Published: 15 Dec 2025.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Catherine Riachi

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

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

Published: 8 Jan 2026.

System wide reform ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Kristina Stipetic

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No Short Cuts: ICON makes the case for long-term commitment to local inclusive growth

ICON’s No Short Cuts argues against quick fixes in neighbourhood renewal.

Published: 4 Feb 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Matthew Davis

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Dialogue Debriefs: Cost of Living and Child Poverty

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

Published: 6 Mar 2026.

Healthy working economy ,

System wide reform ,

Impactful devolution .

By Catherine Riachi

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Give mayors the power to get young people into work

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

Published: 6 Mar 2026.

Healthy working economy ,

System wide reform ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Ben Lucas

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Local Community Partnerships Programme: Unlocking potential across communities in the North East

Partners from the North East share their top tips for driving community-led investment

Published: 9 Mar 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Rachel Armstrong

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The complex intersection of child poverty and intimate partner violence

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

Published: 13 Mar 2026.

System wide reform ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Kristina Stipetic

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Community partnership as the engine of local growth

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

Published: 16 Mar 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy ,

Impactful devolution .

By Rosie Fogden

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NEET Rates and The Case for Place-Based Preventative Action

Erica Fletcher explores the case for place-based prevention to address NEET rates.

Published: 23 Mar 2026.

Healthy working economy ,

System wide reform ,

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Erica Fletcher

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Delivering the Right Kind of Growth, Fairly Shared

Reflections on growth from the Bennett School of Public Policy Annual Conference.

Published: 7 Apr 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Joe Gaynor

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Place-based vulnerability to cost of living pressure

Where we are and where we’re headed

Published: 14 Apr 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Kristina Stipetic

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Lessons on Inclusive Growth: Barking and Beyond

Five lessons on inclusive growth, ten years after Barking and Dagenham's inclusive growth commission

Published: 17 Apr 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Growth and Reform Network

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No One Left Behind, Ten Years On

Report by Dr Dan Taylor from the Open University on inclusive growth in Barking and Dagenham.

Published: 17 Apr 2026.

Inclusive growth, investment and industrial strategy .

By Dr Dan Taylor

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