Professor Kathryn Higgins and Dr Andrew Grounds show how QCAP demonstrates that effective civic engagement requires long-term institutional investment and system-level change in funding and incentives. Universities across the UK are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their civic role. Place-based partnerships, community engagement strategies and social value promises feature prominently in institutional strategies, and while … Continue reading “What Needs To Happen To Make the Civic University Work? Learnings From Queens Communities and Place (QCAP) Belfast”
Category: Insight
From National Sectors to Local Strengths: Does Burnham’s Vision Rewrite Industrial Strategy?
Rebecca Riley analyses the likely next Prime Minister’s flagship speech through the lens of City-REDI and the LPIP Hub’s research, looking specifically at plans for industrial strategy. We take a look at Andy Burnham’s plans for devolution in this blog. Burnham’s speech implicitly raises a question that has been simmering in industrial strategy circles since … Continue reading “From National Sectors to Local Strengths: Does Burnham’s Vision Rewrite Industrial Strategy?”
Andy Burnham’s Devolution Vision: What Does the Evidence Say?
Rebecca Riley analyses the likely next Prime Minister’s flagship speech through the lens of City-REDI and the LPIP Hub’s research. We take a look at Burnham’s plans for the industrial strategy in this blog. Today, Andy Burnham delivered his first major policy speech since launching his bid for the Labour leadership, and, in all likelihood, … Continue reading “Andy Burnham’s Devolution Vision: What Does the Evidence Say?”
Policy News – June 2026
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. It is updated every week. View previous editions. If you have a piece of research you would like to feature in Policy News, please get in touch. Reports Title Details Published Everything in its right place: Establishing … Continue reading “Policy News – June 2026”
Policy News – May 2026
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. It is updated every week. View previous editions. If you have a piece of research you would like to feature in Policy News, please get in touch. UK Parliament Title Details Published / Deadline HM Treasury and … Continue reading “Policy News – May 2026”
Policy News – April 2026
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. It is updated every week. View previous editions. If you have a piece of research you would like to feature in Policy News, please get in touch. Reports from Parliament Title Details Published Public engagement with the … Continue reading “Policy News – April 2026”
Policy News – March 2026
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. It is updated every week. View previous editions. If you have a piece of research you would like to feature in Policy News, please get in touch. Reports and publications – Parliament Title Details Published Flying blind: … Continue reading “Policy News – March 2026”
The Green Book 2026 Update
This month, HM Treasury released an updated version of the Green Book following the 2025 Green Book review. The 2025 Green Book review consulted a wide range of organisations and individuals, including combined authorities, local authorities, central government departments and arms-length bodies, devolved governments, think tanks, consultancies and academics, including researchers from within the LPIP … Continue reading “The Green Book 2026 Update”
Policy Innovate – 5 March 2026
Welcome to the latest edition of Policy Innovate. Policy Innovate aims to gather and disseminate the work of the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) programme and wider relevant research to provide evidence on building confidence, capacity, and capability in an effective service-driven approach to place-based policy-making and public service delivery. The LPIP Hub seeks to address … Continue reading “Policy Innovate – 5 March 2026”
Policy News – February 2026
This blog summarises the latest policy news that is important to place, including reports, inquiries, consultations, government research and events. It is updated every week. View previous editions. If you have a piece of research you would like to feature in Policy News, please get in touch. UK Government Title Details Date Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods … Continue reading “Policy News – February 2026”