Here’s a round-up of all the publications where the LPIP Hub work has been featured:
Place-Based Business Case and Economic Appraisal: Capacity and Capability
Alice Pugh, October 2026 – view the report.
- Civil Service World: Report warns councils and strategic authorities lack staff and expertise to support devolution
- Local Gov: Council workforces lack expertise for investment decisions, report warns
- Public Finance: Councils ‘lack capacity’ to take on greater spending responsibilities
The Civic 6 Framework: The Evolution of University Institutes in Response to Place, Policy and Growth
Professor Rebecca Riley, September 2026 – view the report.
- Times Higher Education: UK universities’ civic role ‘held back by stop-start funding’
- Research Agenda: A new typology for policy engagement models
- Research Professional News: UK regions held back by higher education ‘deserts’
Place Capacity and Institutional Thickness: Leadership, Agency and the Governance of English Devolution
Des McNulty and Professor Anne Green, August 2026 – view the report.
- Civil Service World: Levelling the Playing Field: Devolution won’t work unless Whitehall stops making places audition for power, but No.10 North could change things
- LocalGov: New devo powers risk widening regional divide, report warns
Development Corporations
Kevin Fenning, July 2026 – view the report.
- The MJ: Development corporations face planning expertise shortage
- Local Government Lawyer: Funding, governance and staffing must be aligned for new development corporations, report says
- LocalGov: Call for funding and skills for new development corporations
AI in Local Government
Kevin Fenning, April 2026
- New Statesman: A Tech Town experiment in Yorkshire
- National Preparedness Commission: AI in local government – the issues for national preparedness
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