data led approaches

1. Levelling Up 101
Dr Nicola M Headlam

2. LisaNandy
ShadowLUP
“After 11 years of Conservative mismanagement
of our economy, delivering prosperity to all
regions and nations in the UK will be a defining
mission of the next Labour government, and there
will be nobody better than Lisa to lead this work”
(Kier Starmer 29.11.21)

4. Dataledpolicy!
 charts to show the scale of the
challenge (and one map which shows
the politics that get in the way)
 National and regional GVA (1 ONS, 2 Tyler and Martin)
 Regional wealth stats (ONS)
 Public Spending per head of population (nat and reg)
 Changes to local government funding
 Headcount in central and local government

5. Raw GVAper
capitagap

6. Tyler
fig
from
https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/levelling-up-left-behind-places/

9. Unionand
regional
dilemma

10. Civil servant to
public servant
ratio (central to
local govt)

11. White Paper 9th December
Cabinet Subcommittee most significant
MOG change @ centre and local govt reorganisation

13. Conventional
policycycle–
actors
Define/ Re-
define
policy
problem
Build
ideas trust
and
networks
Develop
detailed
policy
Influence
manifesto
– win
election
Implement
change /
things
happen

14. Conventional
policy cycle–
effecton
language
Define/ Re-
define policy
problem –
old wine in
new bottles
Build
typologies
and
terminology
Develop
detailed
policy
frameworks
Vernacular
usage –
embedded
Cliché
pastiche and
satire

17. Old slide! 2008?
National policy bodies with
Some interest and/or focus
in the north

18. Subnational
policynetwork
2022

21. Simon pringle life lessons blog

23. Framing of problem in the face of all
metrics
Failure to view convergence as
possible/desirable
Strategic/holistic spatial vision
Regional policy as subset
Bidding culture = central local as contrived
randomness
Initiative churn institution churn