Warren Hatter
London
Warren Hatter is a Local Improvement Advisor on Climate Change, one of twelve appointed nationwide. He specialises in research, facilitation and thought leadership. His website is www.rippleprd.co.uk, tweets at www.twitter.com/warrenhatter.
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Devolution: build it and they will come?
In light of Philip Hammond’s response to Paul Carter’s proposals, can radical devolution of decision-making ever appear to be worth the risk to ministers - or their shadows?
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Constrained by funding and much else besides
Cutting spending is not the only major constraint on public services in the years to come. Energy security, food security and ‘doing’ prosperity in a low-carbon way are some of the others, and they are irreversible.
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Measure What We Manage, Manage What We Measure
The Stiglitz Commission signals the inevitable demise of GDP as the driver of our economic activity. What does this mean for local government’s economic development professionals?
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The answer is local - now what's the question?
John Denham’s flagship lecture gives us a convincing localist narrative for current initiatives like Total Place - but doesn’t signpost the way to resilient, sustainable communities.
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All aboard for carbon budgets?
My take on both the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan and John Denham’s Strengthening Local Democracy Consultation is that they see an important role for local government in a technical capacity, but little expectation of a truly strategic, placeshaping role. There is, though, a chink of light.
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