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Local economic growth under the coalition – a ‘glass half full’ or ‘running on empty’...

Local economic growth under the coalition – a ‘glass half full’ or ‘running on empty’. Presentation to Westminster Social Policy Forum Name David Marlow Third Life Economics Date 12 th February 2013. Reasons to be cheerful.... . LEPs Local partnership dynamism

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Local economic growth under the coalition – a ‘glass half full’ or ‘running on empty’...

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  1. Local economic growth under the coalition – a ‘glass half full’ or ‘running on empty’... Presentation to Westminster Social Policy Forum Name David Marlow Third Life Economics Date 12th February 2013

  2. Reasons to be cheerful.... • LEPs • Local partnership dynamism • Heseltine and autumn statement • City Deals • Eight exist...more to follow • Building blocks for devolution • Community budgets, NPPF and local government resource review? • EU competitiveness CSF

  3. Reasons to be sceptical.... • National stagnation • Inconsistent and sloppy national policy • Place-blind national policies and programmes • Levels of commitment and the countdown to 2015 • Capacity, capability and commitment locally

  4. Ingredients for success from the glass half full... • Building the leadership teams of place... • Honesty and strategic coherence • Relationship Management, profile and reputation • Capacity and capability to intervene effectively

  5. Managing the interfaces with a government increasingly ‘running on empty’... • Aikido and going with the flow... • Collaboration instead of competitive ‘divide and rule’ games • Local wisdom and creative solutions • Globalism and going around government • Confidence and putting our money where our mouth is...

  6. Thank you DavidMarlow@thirdlifeeconomics.co.uk

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