CLES - Centre for Local Economic Strategies

"Despite the uncertainty of the times in which we find ourselves, at CLES we remain simultaneously pragmatic and optimistic about the power of our mission: delivering local economic change" Our Chief Executive, Sarah Longlands, reflects back on 2024 and forward to the next 12 months of work at CLES: https://ow.ly/y6C150Uxl7X

This year we've kept a keen eye on devolution developments, throughout work on the RORE programme 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eCv3y3jq and reflected in this article for Labour List from Julian Boys and @Helenisworking 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7WkgR9T #CLES2024

Planning was never far from the headlines this year and next out of the #CLES2024 selection box is this corker of a paper from Sean Benstead, looking at how some local authorities are working developers hard to make sure they contribute positive outcomes for place: https://ow.ly/ZB1t50UqXYT

As we close off another year here at CLES, we're pulling our highlights out from the #CLES2024 selection box - including this appearance by Tom Lloyd Goodwin on BBC's Sunday Politics to talk about the budget back in March: https://ow.ly/hjG250UnmSY

Post-Christmas, you can be forgiven if spending is the last thing on your mind, but how about...procurement spending? Next out of the #CLES2024 selection box, two briefs from our own Conrad Parke for the Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre - https://ow.ly/w2NO50UnmAi

Is devolution good for your health? No, this isn't a pre-emptive new-year-new-you offer from CLES, but another pick from our #CLES2024 selection box: a joint paper with The King's Fund from October, exploring early insights from our work to understand how English devo is affecting health inequalities: https://lnkd.in/eJ_y2b69

How's that for a stat? We did lots of analysis this year, but perhaps none illustrates the legacy of austerity quite as starkly as this. Learn more about the calculation and why it is important here ➡️ https://ow.ly/WlF350UnlVg #CLES2024

Not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4️⃣ articles in TheMJ coming out of the #CLES2024 selelection box next, each of them covering one of the 4 #CWBConversations we held in November - read them all here: https://lnkd.in/e528F7Ni

#BoxingDay - as you lay back on the sofa and contemplate the nature of *rest* (and whether to have another choc), look back to busier times, with our #CLES2024 event highlights - including this veritable clutch (gaggle? flock?) of mayors at #LPC24 - write up from Northern Agenda here 🔗 https://ow.ly/OKG050Unlo3

As Christmas Eve draws to a close, draw close to the fire and rummage in the #CLES2024 selection box to reveal a snowy Scottish scene with this blog from Naomi Mason, the first of her regular updates on the new economy policy and practice scene in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://ow.ly/CFp250UnkNw