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A Parliament for local innovators

By Ben Franklin | 06 November 2024

The chancellor has stumped up the cash, now local government has the opportunity to deliver, writ...

The power of prevention

By Ben Franklin | 12 September 2024

Ben Franklin makes the case for putting communities at the heart of the new preventative state

Farewell levelling up – we barely knew you

By Ben Franklin | 13 May 2024

Future attempts to address spatial inequality must have serious financial backing to avoid ground...

Are the grown-ups in the room?

By Annabel Smith | 30 April 2024

Labour’s alternative to levelling up could mark a step change to a more mature relationship betw...

Growing pains

By Ben Franklin | 20 March 2024

With local growth high on the political agenda, Ben Franklin sets out his recipe for success.

We don't need a Lyons' 2.0

By Annabel Smith | 06 March 2024

With the seminal 2007 Lyons Review in focus, Ben Franklin and Annabel Smith look at why place-sha...

Behind the levelling up smoke and mirrors

By Ben Franklin | 26 March 2021

The Government’s flagship super-deduction policy stands to benefit London and the South East the ...