Regional Development Why Manchester needs more than trickle-down economics New research on manufacturing in the region suggests growth doesn’t always translate into more jobs and better pay. By Tom Lloyd Goodwin and Leah Millthorne
Labour can’t just offer growth for growth’s sake Policymakers should focus on building an economy that generates good lives, not just GDP. By Tom Lloyd Goodwin
Forget Rishi Sunak’s Whitehall orthodoxies – a new, progressive economy is already being built locally The disastrous Spring Statement demonstrated that the Treasury is still tied to its old ways, but an alternative economic… By Tom Lloyd Goodwin
“Big Society”-style gimmicks won’t save social care The language of "community power" is too often used to paper over the cracks of ten years of local… By Tom Lloyd Goodwin