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Blogs Southern Policy Centre regularly publishes blog posts which provide an informal insight into some of our policy work. Subscribe to receive our latest blogs direct to your inbox:
Public participation
Public participation The SPC organises and runs events for policymakers, businesses, community groups and members of the public. Deliberative polling At a time when more people than ever feel that politics doesn’t involve them, we need new ways to bring citizens into decision-making. Our innovative deliberative polling process helps public […]
Deliberative Democracy: exploring fresh approaches to consultation
Deliberative Democracy: exploring fresh approaches to consultation Introduction Test Valley Borough Council led a Government-funded pilot to explore how a deliberative approach could inform decision-making on important local policy and service issues. Following that pilot the Council are keen to adopt that model for citizen engagement where it offers the […]
Devo South: Getting back on track
Devo South: Getting back on track This report records the issues and ideas discussed at the Southern Policy Centre’s Devo South conference and suggests how matters might be moved forward. Download a copy of the report here
Tainting a good idea
Tainting a good idea Combined authorities in the balance It may be Budget day before we learn whether any part of central southern England will reach agreement with the government on a ‘devolution deal’. But the chaotic process of recent months may have damaged the credibility of what is, at […]
Assembly South report
Assembly South report Introduction Assembly South was part of an important new experiment in how to organise democracy effectively. It consisted of a group of 23 citizens and 6 councillors from the Solent and Isle of Wight area who met in Southampton over two weekends in October and November 2015 […]
Year One at the Southern Policy Centre
Why a southern think tank? We were launched in 2014 by Greg Clark and Lord Adonis to provide public policy focus for central southern England: the area from Dorset to West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight up to Oxfordshire. The region faces challenges distinct from both London and other […]
Perspectives on Devo-South
1. The bids so far and mapping out our challenges Our most recent research report for Business South looked at the challenges and opportunities in central southern England – incorporating some great maps from OS – and analysed the bids so far as well as the government’s own proposals. This assessment […]
Devo-South: a report on devolution and business
Devo-South: a report on devolution and business What are the challenges facing southern England, how can devolution empower local leadership to tackle them, and what do business leaders make of the opportunities offered by the government’s decentralisation agenda? Download the full report here BUSINESS is backing the idea of devolution […]