Tag: Inclusive Growth

The last few years have seen scores of councils publish inclusive growth plans – a radical admission that the economy, as presently constructed, is failing to deliver for millions of people. This has been an overwhelmingly positive development, and...

15th February, 2020

Economy and business • Environment • Inclusive Growth • Strategy and leadership

Between 2010 and 2020, the UK experienced something unprecedented in recent history – a decade without a recession. Yet, somehow, this period also saw the lowest levels of wage growth for British workers for any ten-year period since the...

12th February, 2020

Animation • Economy and business • How-to guide • Inclusive Growth • Strategy and leadership • Video

This report looks at how the concept of inclusive growth is being interpreted by practitioners in the field and work backwards towards understanding, rather than attempting a new theoretical framing.

11th February, 2020

Economy and business • How-to guide • Inclusive Growth • Strategy and leadership

Manchester’s significant transformation over the past 25 years is well documented. The city has seen strong economic growth, vast regeneration, and an increasing population. We have a number of globally recognised sector strengths, a vibrant cultural offer and an...

11th February, 2020

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth • Place building • Public Sector Voices

Is a growing economy something to celebrate when the benefits it brings are out of reach to many? While the economy grew as a whole in the 2017/18 financial year, the poorest 20 per cent of the population actually...

11th February, 2020

Inclusive Growth • Research Reports • Strategy and leadership

The realities of the way in which the elecatoral map was redrawn in December mean that Conservative politicians are starting to talk about the economy a little bit differently. Discussions of ‘living within our means’, and the horticultural impossibilities...

5th February, 2020

Economy and business • Governance • Inclusive Growth

England’s rural periphery is the UK’s Land of Opportunity. The national economy will only become rebalanced if the policy corridor ceases to exist, which makes a renewed emphasis on nurturing growth in the rural periphery paramount for all levels...

15th January, 2020

Cornwall • Devolution and reorganisation • Inclusive Growth • Levelling Up • Rural Areas

The North-South divide is the trope most commonly used by policy-makers to highlight the problems of regional inequality in England, but it is by no means the country’s only socio-economic gulf. Since Boris Johnson first became Prime Minister in...

15th January, 2020

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth • Rural Areas

Inclusive growth is a buzzword in local government these days, but how can it be delivered in practice?

12th November, 2019

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth • Strategy and leadership

Inclusive growth has gained a firm foothold within the policy lexicon over recent years. Yet, despite much valuable discussion on what it is and why it is important, there remains a lack of clarity as to how it can...

24th June, 2019

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth

Last week gave us a brand new entry to the Local Growth Lexicon: the word ‘Envoy’. As part of plans to support “sustainable, inclusive” growth in the Thames Estuary area, the Government announced its intention to “appoint an independent...

2nd April, 2019

Inclusive Growth

Jacobs was delighted to partner with NLGN on its Inclusive Growth Innovation Exchange. Participants from local authorities across the county came together to discuss what inclusive growth means, why it matters, and also to share experiences on how to...

6th March, 2019

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth • Strategy and leadership

At the heart of any social mobility agenda lies the notion that there is a route out of poverty. For many, it is our education system that equips those from disadvantaged backgrounds with the necessary skills and qualifications to...

17th August, 2018

Inclusive Growth

This report explores the dividing lines that drove 2016’s decision to Leave. This report reveals the Brexit vote was a visible expression of the diverse economic trajectories, experiences and identities in England. This report, carried out by the University...

23rd January, 2018

Brexit • Housing • Inclusive Growth • Levelling Up • planning and homelessness • Policy • Strategy and leadership

Exploring how councils are approaching inclusive growth in practice.

29th November, 2017

Inclusive Growth • Innovation In-depth • Members • Place building

Last week’s Budget confirmed more grim economic news. Downgraded forecasts predict sluggish growth into the 2020s and productivity remains stagnant, and with it living standards which have now plateaued for a decade. So there is a twin challenge to...

29th November, 2017

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth

To help councils build the hundreds of thousands of new homes that are needed, NLGN has published a practical guide, Building Homes, Growing Communities, to help ensure that the houses built lead to high quality communities that prioritise design,...

23rd March, 2017

Housing • Inclusive Growth • Planning • planning and homelessness • Strategy and leadership