In this week’s episode of LGIU Fortnightly, Andrew Walker and Ingrid Koehler take a deep dive into the latest pillar in our Post-Covid Councils series, the Location of Power. Andrew sets out the key arguments of his new report ‘Power down to level up: resilient place-shaping for a post-Covid world’, plus we hear an extract from our webinar – coinciding with the report launch – in which Dr Patrick Diamond (Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University) and Jessie Hamshar (Director of Strategy and Engagement, Cornwall Council) discuss the importance of trust, engagement and decentralisation as we move towards recovery. Finally, Andrew and Ingrid look ahead to the upcoming launch of the Trust and Governance pillar and update listeners on our other recent work including new briefings and blogs, as well as the announcement of our Cllr Awards shortlist.
Listen to all episodes here.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
- Post-Covid Councils
- The Location of Power including links to watch the webinar
- Power down to level up: resilient place-shaping for a post-Covid world
- Stories of Oxford lockdown
- Lockdown resistance and the role of mayors
- Cllr Awards shortlist
- Using technology for public participation
- The value of a robust diagnosis: how to be better prepared for this year’s council planning process
- ‘Trust me, I’m from the local council’: trust in public institutions
- Going even lower? A progress report on Low Emission Zones and tackling air pollution in cities
- Reopening education and childcare provision for all in England – IFS report and DfE guidance
- Think big, think local: four efforts to renew local democracy
- Central-local government relations are becoming the principal site of conflict in the politics of the pandemic
- Closing the gap: regional disparities in social mobility
- Trust: Information, communication and democracy
