🍾This July at the LGA conference in Liverpool we are hosting a drinks reception and fireside chat from 18:00 until 19:00 at the Hilton City Centre. Hear from Mayor of Liverpool @metromayorsteve.bsky.social and Birmingham City Councils Joanne Roney Sign up to attend: forms.office.com/e/iN8v2zfTak

🌞Today we are releasing a new report that argues council pension assets should be funding solution to UK’s affordable housing crisis 🏘️ In 'New Stable' we make an evidenced case that institutional investment in affordable housing would boost social prosperity. ⬇️

New opinion piece by our Chief Executive @jonathan-werran.bsky.social on the @lbc.co.uk website about local government salaries

Last teaching day this term on the MA Urban Planning & Resilience covering rural planning with Trevor Cherrett, local government finances with Joe Fyans from Localis, and Monica Altamirano direct from Delft on water resilience 🙌🏽

Yesterday we launched our new report 'Generating Hope' with E.ON UK at in-depth roundtable discussion. We talked all things net zero and local government. Thank you to everyone who came! #ukpolitics #netzero

Setting up our E.ON UK launch roundtable for our new report Generating Hope 🚀 How can local councils help us reach net zero? #localgov #netzero #renewableenergy #ukpolitics

☀️ Today we are launching our first report of 2025 'Generating Hope'. ☀️ The current government has made very well known it ambition to achieve net zero by 2050. The Local Power Plan, aims to support local and combined authorities, as well as community energy groups. #localgov #netzero

Today we are at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Beer 🍺to talk about our report on pubs released with the @bbpa.bsky.social last year. You can read all about the report and the importance of pubs to local communities here: www.localis.org.uk/research/inn...

New comment piece by @jonathan-werran.bsky.social in The MJ. "The Plan for Growth represents continuity in that it ‘misses the target in ways uncannily reminiscent of Levelling Up’" ⬇️

Today we helped Norse Group record the beginning of a new podcast series on housing coming out later this year with special guests Samer Bagaeen and Darren Rodwell. #localgov

Earlier today our Head of Research Joe Fyans went in front of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. Here is some of what he had to say⬇️⬇️⬇️ #localgov #mhclg

Existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to deliver on the missions at the heart of the new vision for English devolution. Is there a gorilla in our midst? themj.co.uk/gorilla-midst from the Municipal Journal @jonathan-werran.bsky.social

🌊today's Environment Agency report on flood risk shows 6.3 homes in England at risk of flooding - our recent "Plain Dealing Revisited" report asked how we can reduce number of homes built in high-risk flood areas 🏘️ - see 👉 localis.org.uk/research/pla... #climatechange #flooding

The Fair Funding review has been in stasis for years. What impact would implementing it have on the funding of councils in England? #localgov #devolution #britishpolitics

Last week in our webinar 💻 ahead of todays Local Government White Paper we asked Joanne Pitt from @cipfa.bsky.social what her views were on Local Government reorganisation. This is what she had to say⬇️ #localgov

Yesterday we hosted our final webinar of the year "Biting the Bullet". 🗝️Key issues include: insufficient funding for social care, education, and temporary accommodation, alongside outdated funding formulas and a lack of clarity regarding the government's long-term vision for local government.

Last night, Ruth and Kirsty joined colleagues from South East Councils and Localis to launch the Restoration and Resilience report. To read the report or find out more visit: www.localis.org.uk/research/res...

Today we are launching a new report entitled “Restoration and Resilience: building capacity and capability to deliver local services in the South East”📕‼️ Councils in the South East must gain powers over local public sector recruitment policies and to set more competitive pay. 1/5

Since the 2010 abolition of the regulator, the Audit Commission, councils have faced massive challenges. These are explored in depth within our new report entitled “Present Tense: renewing and reforming local financial governance towards long-term resilience and sustainability”

In two week's time we are hosting a webinar on Local Government Finance 💰 from 11-12. In the wake of the budget we wanted to explore the impact on Local Government with a panel of experts. Sign up if you want to be involved: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/05a1cf...

Next week we are lunching our report into the finanical resilience of the South East. Beneath its reputation as a prosperous and “overheated” economic hub lie stark inequalities and financial pressures that are increasingly testing the resilience of local governance.

On the 11/12/24 at 11 we are hosting a webinar based on local finance. Our panel includes: 📢David Simmonds MP, Shadow Local Gov Minister 📢Mark Sandford @marksandford.bsky.social 📢Joanne Pitt, CIPFA 📢Cllr Ruth Bennett @ruthbennett.bsky.social Register via this link:

Today we are launching our new independent report 'Biting the Bullet: Funding Local Government in this Parliament and Beyond' 🚀. #localgov In this report we explore the three main pressures on council budgets👇

Tonight's LGC Briefing comes from Jonathan Werran of @localis.bsky.social - it mentions Napoleon, Elon Musk, this app - and "existential dangers" for local government www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc...

We have created a new feed for all things UK Local Government⬇️. Every post you need in one place. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Last month we released our report into flooding in the UK. We found that over 7,000 homes have planning permission to be built on floodplains. Currently there are no laws against this. We need an urgent uplift in the Environment Agency’s capacity to ensure the maintenance of flood defence assets.

We are delighted today to have finally joined bluesky! Localis is a think tank that has been writing and researching local councils and devolution for over 20 years. We create reports and host events on a massive variety of topics. If you are interested in anything we do please consider following.