Articles by Mike Emmerich
Reeves's giant leap
By Mike Emmerich | 01 November 2024
Councils must ensure the Government implements the investments it has promised, and that public a...
Getting ahead of the growth plan game
By Mike Emmerich | 25 June 2024
As the sector gears up for a new government, it’s time to put together investable proposals for s...
Ready for a bright new dawn?
By Mike Emmerich | 26 March 2024
Rachel Reeves’ Mais lecture represented a clear shift away from New Labour towards an active stat...
Time to get serious about migration
By Mike Emmerich | 26 August 2023
Mike Emmerich unpicks the complex world issues driving migration to the UK, and says local leader...
For now, investment zones look like another short term wheeze
By Mike Emmerich | 19 October 2022
Mike Emmerich looks at the possible future for investment zones – and offers the chancellor some ...
Wages and good and bad government
By Mike Emmerich | 20 October 2021
Many communities in the UK would benefit from higher wages, says Mike Emmerich, but does the Prim...
Take a breath and take stock
By Mike Emmerich | 10 February 2021
It seems likely that we are facing the biggest challenge to our economy since the 1940s, says Mik...
Northern Powerhouse must be for real
By Mike Emmerich | 28 October 2020
If the North is to ‘own’ the Northern Powerhouse a new partnership with Government is needed, as ...
No glorious but implausible utopias
By Mike Emmerich | 09 June 2020
Mike Emmerich says we should use the recovery phase to build on what councils have been doing dur...
Important choices lie ahead
By Mike Emmerich | 02 March 2020
Mike Emmerich says the building of a more spatially balanced and inclusive form of growth is a ta...
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