Neil McInroy

Neil McInroy is chief executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies

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Recent stories

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  A quest for co-produced communities

  We must aim for communities where responsibility is shared across public, social and commercial sectors

  19-Jul-2011

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  Let's preserve the Rochdale heritage

  Co-operatives and their rich heritage cannot be an elixir for public sector cuts or a panacea for future service delivery

  9 December 2010

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  Harnessing a place’s ability to flourish

  Resilience is about building the capabilities of a place to bounce back from change, to learn from it and to go on and thrive

  17 June 2010

• How cities worldwide tackle hard times

  23 July 2009

• The need for local economic activism

  19-May-2009

• Changing the flow of power

  24-Mar-2009

• Risky Business!

  5-Mar-2009

• Unemployment, unemployment, unemployment!

  18-Feb-2009

• Local economic identity check

  11-Feb-2009

• A shocking state of affairs

  20-Jan-2009

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Recent blog posts

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  The way forward for LEPs

  Local economic development is as much about setting the conditions for future success as immediate short term gains, writes Neil McInroy.

  Neil McInroy | 23-Aug-2011

  economic development, GDP, growth, investment, jobs, LEPs, local authority, Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Markets, Localisation, localism

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  The local state needs to act big

  Many local authorities are uninspired by the rhetoric around big society. However they are not some local big state, refusing to change. They are embracing new ways of working and a service pluralism based on outcomes which deliver on protecting the most vulnerable, social growth and inequality.

  Neil McInroy | 24-Jun-2011

  big society, Budget, city region, CLES, Conservatives, co-production, cuts, delivery, Liberal Democrats, Local Markets, Local Strategic Partnerships

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  The regeneration hokey cokey: councils must dance to new tune

  Regeneration is needed more than ever. However, there are less resources. Connecting up the public, social and commercial sectors is a key element of regeneration and local government needs to gauge its role very carefully. This new dance is the regeneration hokey cokey and it’s the future!

  Neil McInroy | 23-May-2011
• Local government and social sector must be friends not foes

  Neil McInroy | 11-Apr-2011

• Local Government must ensure they retain a place stewardship role

  Neil McInroy | 15-Mar-2011

• Local economies in peril?

  Neil McInroy | 9-Mar-2011

• Hail Localism! But beware the unintended consequences

  Neil McInroy | 14-Feb-2011

• Localism needs to deliver on community cohesion

  Neil McInroy | 8-Feb-2011 Comments (3)

• Goodbye, but should we be saying hello to Local Strategic Partnerships?

  Neil McInroy | 18-Jan-2011

• Cooperatives cannot be the bargain basement for local services

  Neil McInroy | 22-Nov-2010

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