Economic Growth & Good Neighbourhoods

1. Economic Growth & Good Neighbourhoods
Workshop

2. What do we want to achieve from this
session?
Understanding of the challenges & opportunities
3-5 key outcomes under each of the strategic priorities
Key targets to illustrate the difference we will make
Sufficient clarity on outcomes & key targets to inform the performance framework
Initial set of actions to inform direction of travel in terms of new ways of working

3. We need to make tough choices about what we can
afford with the reduced funding available…
• The government has cut our money by 56%. That means tough
choices about what we can afford.
• Since 2011, the Council has identified £182m of savings and have
raised over £25m from developers.
• By 2020, we will need to identify a further £55m savings. We expect
to generate £38m income from started developments, which could
top £90m from other schemes with planning permission.
• We can also achieve wider social outcomes through leveraging
resources that are being spent on other priorities.

4. …but we have great opportunities to attract
investment and businesses to the borough
• More and more people choose to come here to live, work and study.
• We are home to world-class universities and teaching hospitals, major
arts and cultural institutions, and global businesses.
• The huge opportunities that Lambeth offers are increasingly being
recognised, attracting investment and development.
• People want to come here to start new businesses, build homes and
workplaces, and open new galleries and museums.

5. We have developed a Community Plan which outlines
the vision & priorities for the borough
• Our vision for Lambeth in 2020 is for a
borough of opportunity, where new
and old communities live shared lives
and have equal chances to realise
their potential and improve their lives.
• Our challenge over the next four years
is to drive and shape economic
growth so that it benefits our
communities, creating the investment
that will sustain our mixed
communities, and tackling entrenched
inequalities so that growth narrows,
rather than widens, the gap.
Driving economic
growth
Narrowing the
gap
Investing in and
maintaining
neighbourhoods

6. We are driving growth so it strengthens the economy and
creates the opportunities for people to improve their lives
• We want to use this opportunity to build on our strengths – as the
cultural and artistic heart of London, as an internationally recognised hub
for health innovation, as a place renowned for its diversity and creativity,
and cohesive communities.
• By 2020 we will have significantly built on our economic strengths to
attract more businesses to the borough, and worked with partners to
improve our transport infrastructure to make Lambeth one of the best
places for businesses to locate in London.
• As regeneration and development opportunities arise, we will need to
decide the extent to which we prioritise employment space
• We already have strengths in the arts and health, but we need to consider
if there are other sectors we should encourage

7. We want to ensure our neighbourhoods remain attractive
places where people want to live and do business
• We want to work with residents and businesses to invest in and maintain
good neighbourhoods by improving air quality, reducing road traffic
accidents and creating community spaces.
• Clean and safe streets are a priority for our residents and businesses.
• We want to work with our residents and businesses to prevent litter,
dispose of waste efficiently, and increase recycling.
• We’re already working in partnership, buying in additional services to add
value to what the Council does.
• There is a risk we have to reduce our services further in future, what scope
is there to work together to ensure neighbourhoods and town centres
remain safe, attractive and busy.

8. We want the borough to be a safe and secure place for
residents and business
• Our crime and disorder services will be more focused on tackling
problems at a neighbourhood level, working with residents and
business to deal with the ASB and crime issues in their locality
• We are shifting to a more intelligence led approach to business
regulation and licensing, rather than blanket policies
• Refresh of the licensing and gambling policies in late 2016 gives an
opportunity to focus on safe and responsible growth opportunities.
• Continued support of the Business Crime Reduction Partnership and
BID / Police funding partnerships to help businesses tackle and
reduce crime

9. We have a increasingly highly skilled population and
strong rate of employment...
• Significant population growth has resulted in a relatively young adult
age profile and higher proportion of highly qualified adults
• The rate of employment among Lambeth residents is the 3rd highest
in London, even if this varies significantly by ethnicity

10. However, we need to better support people in low
pay and those in long-term unemployment
• However, low pay and in-work poverty are increasingly important
issues with 20% of employees living in Lambeth paid below London
Living Wage
• However, Lambeth has a lasting a lasting structural unemployment
challenge, with long-term claimant rates relatively high, particularly
for the long-term unemployed, younger, and especially older
residents
• There is a relatively high proportion of out-of-work benefits
claimants, with the biggest priority group are those with health
problems

11. We want to shape economic growth so that it benefits
our communities and narrows the gap
• Apprenticeship levy and revised employer-focused standards should
increase demand for skills training
• Employer engagement increasingly critical in education – for effective
careers support and for training providers
• Support the long-term unemployed and those with complex needs
(especially health needs)
• Help low paid workers to progress

12. We now want to speak to people & organisations to
turn those priorities into detailed outcomes
• We are running a series of workshops to identify and agree the
detailed outcomes that partners will work towards as part of the
community plan. These workshops will feed into the final Community
Plan, to be published in June

13. Outgoing Community Plan

14. What is a theory of change?

15. How can economic growth contribute to the
strategic objectives?
Driving economic growth
Narrowing the gap
Investing in and maintaining
neighbourhoods
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

16. What intermediate outcomes will contribute
towards the goals?
Driving economic growth
Narrowing the gap
Investing in and maintaining
neighbourhoods
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

17. What will influence our ability to deliver
these outcomes?
External
factors
Local factors
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

18. What activities do we need to deliver to
achieve these outcomes?
What do we have to do?
What do we already?
What is new?
What should we do less of?
What could work together on?
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

19. What interdependencies are there between
your outcomes?
Driving economic growth
Narrowing the gap
Investing in and maintaining
neighbourhoods
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

20. What intermediate outcomes should we
agree on?
Driving economic growth
Narrowing the gap
Investing in and maintaining
neighbourhoods
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

21. What key targets should we map onto the
outcomes identified?
What is statutory?
What is nice to have?
What is not essential?
Goals
Intermediate
outcomes
Activities
Enablers

22. What do we need to achieve the outcomes
discussed?
What are they key next steps and who is responsible?
What governance structures, resource, ways of working need to be in place
that are not currently to achieve this?
What two next steps need to be done?
What commitments will you make?