A working ecosystem needs a local base

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 03 October 2023

Local authorities are the natural fulcrum for a dynamic, flexible and responsive skills ecosystem...

The problem with the levelling up cake

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 25 April 2023

Handing out funding from targeted pots and through competitive bidding leads to big disparities i...

Moving on from the poverty pageant

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 20 January 2023

Professor Graeme Atherton says an end to ‘poverty pageant’ bidding for growth funding would mean ...

The levelling up missions should not be shunted to the side

By Professor Graeme Atherton | 15 December 2022

The 12 missions represented the basis for a radical approach to addressing inequality and poverty...