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Mayors are not for everywhere

July 20, 2022

All, Blog, Devolution, Devolution: strategy for the central South, News, Publications

Mayors are not for everywhere Andy Burnham’s outrage when he appeared to learn by text that Greater Manchester wouldn’t receive the same Covid-19 support as London gave England’s directly elected mayors a new profile. Burnham is better known for being mayor of Greater Manchester than he ever was as a Labour Cabinet minister. Steve Rotherham in Liverpool, Andy Street in the West Midlands, Ben Houchen in Tees Valley, Tracey Brabin in West Yorkshire and others have carved out distinct profiles.…

Social Enterprise and levelling up to an inclusive and sustainable economy for central southern England

July 7, 2022

John Merritt

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Social Enterprise and levelling up to an inclusive and sustainable economy for central southern England This is a guest blog by John Merritt, a Director of Social Enterprise Link (Wessex). John was born in Hampshire, started work at 16 and spent most of his working life in three industrial sectors. The Royal Navy and Royal Marines, including tours of Northern Ireland (1981) and the Falkland Islands (1982). Social Work with Runaways and Looked after children and then in the Co-operative and…

Creativity, Culture and Place

June 1, 2022

Simon Eden

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Creativity, Culture and Place: Background paper Download a copy of the briefing paper here Project aim The Southern Policy Centre has been commissioned by the Partnership for South Hampshire to explore the role the creative and cultural sector plays in the central South. We’ll be following a two-stage approach: 1. Seminar for senior policy-makers on 10th June to: understand the contribution cultural organisations and creative industries can make to realising the region’s ambitions for its economy and communities explore our…

Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South

May 9, 2022

John Denham

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Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South In mid-March, the Southern Policy Centre held a webinar to discuss the Government’s Levelling Up and Devolution White Paper [1]with speakers from local councils, business and national think tanks. Here SPC Director John Denham reflects on some of the challenges facing our local authorities as they respond to the White Paper. Public debate about local devolution and levelling up has inevitably been a bit muted for the past few weeks…

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Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life

February 22, 2022

Simon Eden

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Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life Introduction The University of Winchester and Southern Policy Centre have been working together to encourage what we believe is a timely and important debate about how we can secure a better life for all members of society. On 26th January the University hosted the third in a series of seminars exploring aspects of our health and wellbeing at different stages of life, this one looking at how we can give…