New report on devolution in England with Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky! for Unlock Democracy out today at 2pm - keep your eyes peeled 👀

To friends in the 🇬🇧

Our very own Hans Asenbaum will talk about his latest book The Politics of Becoming at the University of Birmingham.

Hosted by INLOGOV and CEDAR

26th April | 3pm

Register here👇

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History reveals four significant political obstacles to putting councils on a sustainable financial footing. My latest piece for LGC draws my PhD research on central-local government relations. INLOGOV
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I know it's a long title, but it's a great PhD opportunity!

History reveals four significant obstacles to putting councils on a sustainable financial footing, writes Phil Swann, a PhD student at INLOGOV in LGC

lgcplus.com/finance/phil-s…

Delighted that our paper has won 🏆Best Paper Award 2024🏆 for Regional Studies Policy Debates.

regionalstudies.org/news/2024-regi…

📄A place-based system? Regional policy levers and the UK’s productivity challenge
✏️Helen Tilley Charlotte Hoole Andrew Connell 🇺🇦 Ananya Mukherjee 🔗doi.org/10.1080/003434…

The local government finance system is bust.

Part of the solution must be a wider range of local funding. So great to see Manchester taking small but careful steps in that direction with a £2.8m tourist levy.

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The role of the centre and its interface with regions and localities must shift as devolution matures, writes Jessica Studdert New Local.

➡️bit.ly/49lAxHW

Great to read this piece by Daniel Glassman, Emily Burn and Prof Catherine Needham LGIU

'[councils] can foster those community-level resources that people actually need rather than a one-size-fits-all approach that might leave a lot of people’s needs unmet.'

lgiu.org/blog-article/w…

Join us in person at INLOGOV and CEDAR or online for this public seminar with Hans Asenbaum from DelDemUCan presenting his groundbreaking book on The Politics of Becoming. Friday 26th April - 3pm UK time. Register here👇
sonia-bussu.cademy.co.uk/the-politics-o…

Insightful analysis of the perma-revolution of local governance in England from Tony Travers LGC

'At this rate, England will end up with region-sized councils with parish powers at some point during this century.'

lgcplus.com/politics/gover…

Delighted to be receiving so many enquiries about the @ukapa_1918 Inaugural Conference hosted by INLOGOV Uni of Birmingham

Key note speakers 📣📣Prof Catherine Needham & Professor Paul Cairney 📣📣

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Questions? Contact Karin Bottom

Marina Pera (@igopbcn CRIT (UB)) & Sonia Bussu also on @[email protected] (@INLOGOV) explore public-commons partnerships in Barcelona through a relational lens. They use the case of the Citizen Assets Programme as a case of Public Administration democratisation

thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10.53…

Social Prescribing and Wellbeing Inequalities: Creating Conditions for Community-Driven Transformation of Health Care

Looking forward to this lunchtime seminar by Dr Koen Bartels @inlogov on 18th April with City-REDI

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Is Birmingham really Europe's Largest Local Authority?

Chris Game investigates

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Conference Theme: The Future of Public Services

In perma-austerity and ongoing uncertainty - how can public services adapt to their environments, work more effectively with stakeholders, and harness available resources to innovate?

Very excited to see the latest public admin scholarship and practice coming together in Birmingham this summer - please do join us!

Exciting feedback on the Local Policy Innovation Partnership launch event from City-REDI by Rebecca Riley

'investment in evidence-based policy locally has been eroded as austerity has eaten into the capacity of places'

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HS2 Funds Reallocation: A Lifeline or Liability for Local Authorities? 💰🚄

Alice Moore from INLOGOV explores pitfalls of reallocating £4.7 billion from cancelled HS2 legs to local transport funds for the CoSS blog.

Read more ⬇️
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Really good to see INLOGOV ‘s Alice Moore writing about “the UK’s destructive love affair with outsourcing”, including the Post Office Horizon scandal in this issue.