As promised, we’d love to show you around a few more of the Si Team’s neighbourhoods. Everyone lives in a neighbourhood - those small local places where much of daily life unfolds and where people can feel most connected. At Si, neighbourhoods sit right at...
The LSE Internship Fund Scheme made it possible for me, Emma, a second year International Social and Public Policy student, to take up a role at Shared Intelligence. As a young person, I am acutely aware of what it’s like to navigate the pathways into...
Our recent report for the Local Government Association (LGA) (Employment and skills: The evolving role of local government) captures the vital work that local and combined authorities are already doing on employment and skills, and how this links to the current government’s growth agenda. This...
Creative health – arts and creative activities which deliver physical or mental health benefits - are now seen across academia, public health and local government as a viable method for health improvement and demand management. But creative health is still a tiny part of the...
For those areas where April marked a significant milestone in LEP integration, the focus will be on merging teams and activity from a governance, delivery and cultural perspective. Once the dust has settled, it will be essential to plan for regular progress reviews to ensure...
On 15 March 2023, the Chancellor announced that the central government support (core funding) for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in England would be withdrawn from April 2024 with functions carried out by LEPs including business representation and local economic planning transitioning to local government. All residual funding, resources and assets previously allocated and utilised by the LEPs are also to...
Economic inactivity is a key issue affecting the UK’s economy. Around 9 million people are currently estimated to be economically inactive (defined as people of working age not currently looking for work or unable to start work in the next two week period). Tackling economic...
LEPs have long been responsible for regional business representation and local economic planning. First, we saw strategic economic plans drive investment into local areas which provided solid infrastructure in support of the local economy, bringing in billions of pounds of investment from both public and...
Government guidance and local leaders recognise the need to retain a local, independent, business voice in the transfer of Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) functions to local and combined authorities. However, LEPs worked hard to secure diversity of business voice and there is more than one...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, co-production and meaningful collaboration between the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and local government has been in the spotlight. As local government increasingly faces financial challenges of high inflation and increased pressures on statutory services, co-production should be considered even more...