Lea and new government's growth agenda

Local Economic Assessments & the new Government’s Growth Agenda Colin Lovegrove CLG

“ Control Shift - Returning Power to Local Communities” author Eric Pickles 2009 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Alongside the economic crisis we face the crisis of our broken society and a crisis of confidence in our political system. A common thread runs through these failures: an imbalance of responsibility and power.” Foreword by David Cameron and Nick Clegg, The Coalition: Our Programme for Government May 2010 “ We share a conviction that the days of big government are over; that centralisation and top-down control have proved a failure . We believe that the time has come to disperse power more widely in Britain today . […]Our government will be a much smarter one, shunning the bureaucratic levers of the past […].”. ”

Localism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Decentralisation… ,[object Object],Individuals Local communities / neighbourhoods / civic society Front line professionals (such as police officers, nurses and teachers) Local institutions (such as schools and hospitals) Local government ...distribute power and opportunity to people... ...extend the roll-out of personal budgets in social care... ...the state should help parents, community groups and others come together to set up new schools... ...communities coming together to make lives better... ...create new trusts that will make it simpler for communities to provide homes for local people... ...give neighbourhoods the ability to determine the shape of the places in which their inhabitants live.... ...give heads and teachers the powers they need to ensure discipline... ...strengthen the power of GPs... … enable GPs to commission care on behalf of patients… … reduce red tape for police officers… … introduce mayors with additional powers… … create directly elected police ‘commissioners’… … directly elected individuals on the boards of their local primary care trust… ...give councils a general power of competence.... ...phase out the ring-fencing of grants... ...return decision-making powers to local councils... ...promote a radical devolution of power and greater financial autonomy... ...all schools have greater freedom over the curriculum... ...stop the centrally dictated closure of A&E and maternity wards.... … enable employees to set up co-ops and mutuals to take over and run public services …

Sharing growth across the country ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Economic development – what is being scrapped? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The New Economic Development Landscape ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],New powers and incentives for localities to focus on their own local economic priorities, rather than national targets

Local Enterprise Partnerships ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Government to support the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships – joint local authority-business bodies brought forward to promote local economic development – to replace RDAs.

Local enterprise partnerships - Invitation for proposals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Regional Growth Fund ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Budget Statement – To help areas affected by reductions in public spending make the transition to private sector growth and prosperity, the Government will create a Regional Growth Fund in 2010/11 and 2012/13.

What does this all mean for local economic assessments? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Local economic assessments – Future Priorities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Finally …. key challenges for local authorities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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