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Megan Streb

@MeganStreb

Head of Outreach at What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth. Also, fan of good planning and transport, and I've got ADHD. Tweets are my own. she/her

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🎄 After some podcast recommendations for the festive season? 🎄

From why doctors still use pagers to how economists think about gift giving, here's some recommended listening from the What Works Growth team to enjoy over the Christmas break 🎙️⏬
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/recom…

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More on this database of public sector priority quesions here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

essential tool to better connect policymakers with the evidence already out there, and to shape new research activity ari.org.uk

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I have published a Commons Library briefing paper on the 'trailblazer devolution deals' for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief… The deals are long documents and tricky to understand: I hope I've managed to make them more accessible. Points to note:

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We've had lots of positive feedback on our What Works Growth core economic concepts series. Do let us know if you find it helpful (or not) and if there are more things like this you would like to see us do. whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under…

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Great to speak at the Local Area R&I Assoc conference on what What Works Growth + What Works network can offer --whether or not they have award winning research teams!
Lots of nodding when I talked about embedding evidence-use and eval w/ delivery + policy teams. Buy-in is critical!

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Dr Fiona Aldridge(@FionaAldridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Packed room and great discussion. Some useful reflections and examples of how we can develop LSIPs to help us better align the local skills offer with economic priorities and need.

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📊 QUIZ QUESTION | The council has offered grants to businesses taking on premises on the local high street. Several shops from a nearby village then decide to relocate there.

What economic concept is at play here?

Full quiz here:
🔗whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under…

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transport, planning, public health ppl-- work with economic development folks and often wonder what they are on about?
Read our What Works Growth blog series on core economic concepts: whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under…
Then take our quiz!
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#Localgov transport, planning, public health ppl-- work with economic development folks and often wonder what they are on about? Read our @whatworksgrowth blog series on core economic concepts: whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under… Then take our quiz! lnkd.in/eX8NT6pF
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The Office for Local Government has published 26 new metrics that it will add to its Local Authority Data Explorer:

gov.uk/government/pub…

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What Works Growth turns ten! 🎂🎈

10 years ago this week, WWG was launched, aimed at addressing this question: what can policy do to increase local growth?

We've asked team members past & present for their highlights & lessons from the past decade 🧵👇
whatworksgrowth.org/news/what-work…

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The UK's Labour Force Survey is groaning at the seams. Response rates have got a *lot* worse since Covid. They're now so bad that next week's labour market release has been delayed a week. Around a third of local authorities now no longer know their own local unemployment rate.

The UK's Labour Force Survey is groaning at the seams. Response rates have got a *lot* worse since Covid. They're now so bad that next week's labour market release has been delayed a week. Around a third of local authorities now no longer know their own local unemployment rate.
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🔹Tomorrow's blog on equity & efficiency marks the 8th in our series exploring core economic concepts. So far, we've explored:

📊 GVA
⚒️ Productivity
🗺️ Spatial disparities
📉 Market failures
...and more!

Read the first in the series here ✍️🔽
whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under…

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Our What Works Growth core economic concepts blogs continue w/ #5 by Helene Donnat
These are a warm-up to our new 'Intro to local economic growth' course for
The first five are:
📈 Local growth
📊 GVA
⚒️ Productivity
🗺Spatial disparities
⚖️Supply & demand

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Great to have a recommendation from our local policymaker audience! Our What Works Growth weekly series on key economic concepts starts here: whatworksgrowth.org/insights/under…
Bite-sized chunks to help understand the economics of economic development

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Our What Works Growth series continues! GVA, productivity, then spatial disparities next week. These are bite-sized chunks of economic topics to help folks in
They'll all feature in our newsletter--sign up at the bottom of our website.

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Newest What Works Growth blog builds on GVA to give an intro to productivity. What do you need to know about it? What does it tell you? What are the caveats around using productivity measures?

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Looking back over the UKSPF Investment Plan template that local gov't had to complete. 'give evidence where possible'?!?!
Come on, folks! You're breaking my heart.


Rebecca Riley

Looking back over the UKSPF Investment Plan template that local gov't had to complete. 'give evidence where possible'?!?! Come on, folks! You're breaking my heart. #evidenceinformed #LocalGov @RileyResearch
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Megan Streb(@MeganStreb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our newest blog -- What is GVA? What does it tell you about local growth? If you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask, our new blog series will cover the basics on economic development. Likely useful for members of Institute of Economic Development (IED) Local Government Association (LGA) District Councils' Network County Councils Network

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