Our final policy briefing of 2025 is by Molly Russell and Adrian Nolan of @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social , focusing on the newly published Liverpool City Region Growth Plan and its emphasis on improving productivity. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

How should local leaders in the North West contribute to the government's new towns agenda? Heseltine Institute honorary professor Ian Wray draws inspiration from the late Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein to help answer this question. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Our recently published evaluation report looks at two neighbourhood-based roles through the lens of connectorship: a concept from asset-based community development describing the context in which active citizenship can emerge. livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3193845/1/co...

Yesterday our Co-Director Sue Jarvis spoke at the latest meeting of the Liverpool City Region APPG. This session focused on the region's innovation ecosystem, and its strengths in research and development. Alongside LCR MPs were speakers including Lord Michael Heseltine.

New publication: Place-based approaches to renewing the economy. We’re excited to share the fourth instalment of our Insights from the Heseltine Institute Policy Briefings series - a collection of pieces drawn from our archive of briefings since 2020. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

We thoroughly enjoyed our annual lecture earlier this week in front of a packed audience at the fantastic @victoriagallery.bsky.social. Read all about it here. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

We thoroughly enjoyed our annual lecture earlier this week in front of a packed audience at the fantastic @victoriagallery.bsky.social. Read all about it here. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

We’re looking forward to our annual lecture at the Victoria Gallery & Museum this evening! The event is completely sold out, but we’ll be posting photos and updates here. You can also read our policy briefing published to accompany the event here www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...

ICYMI: Read all about the launch event for the new @liverpooluni.bsky.social MA in Public Administration and Policy, chaired by our co-director Prof. Catherine Durose news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/14/e... @livuninews.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

It's been great to feed into the development of #LCRGrowthPlan over recent months, and even better to be at today's launch event at @liverpooluni.bsky.social

With conference season having drawn to a close, here's a great round up of all @liverpooluni.bsky.social and Heseltine Institute activities at the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences this year. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/10/g...

⚽NEW POLICY BRIEFING⚽To mark our 2025 annual lecture, which this year celebrates the deep relationship between the city of Liverpool and its football clubs, this new briefing by @tjarnold.bsky.social explores the role of clubs as anchor institutions. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Just 2 weeks to go until our 2025 annual lecture! Join us for a fascinating discussion on football's relationship with Liverpool, its economy and its people, featuring Keiran Maguire (Associate Professor in football finance) at @liverpooluni.bsky.social and more. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heseltine-...

Then at 13:00 we will turn our attention to devolution and how it can be successfully implemented across the North of England. Head to Exchange 6-7 to hear from David Simmonds MP, @tjarnold.bsky.social @livuniheseltine.bsky.social, Cllr Abi Brown, Helen Gbormittah, @akashpaun.bsky.social

With the dust settling on Labour Party Conference, we're looking forward to joining @instituteforgovernment.org.uk again at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester next week.

It's October, which means our annual lecture is this month! Marking Everton's move to a new stadium and Liverpool's 20th top flight title, we focus on the deep and complex relationship between football and the city. Join us on 21 October @liverpooluni.bsky.social news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/01/c...

Liverpool is no stranger to hosting big events - as witnessed with this week's Labour Party Conference. Should it go one step further and host the Olympics? @liamfog58.bsky.social discusses the potential of a joint bid with Manchester for the 2040 games. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Don’t miss the @livuniheseltine.bsky.social annual lecture — exploring the role of football in Liverpool’s economy and culture ⚽ Book your place below 👇

It's October, which means our annual lecture is this month! Marking Everton's move to a new stadium and Liverpool's 20th top flight title, we focus on the deep and complex relationship between football and the city. Join us on 21 October @liverpooluni.bsky.social news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/01/c...

Up next at #lab25… Join us at 12 for our panel event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the future of devolution in the North of England.

Event 3 of Monday at Labour Party Conference. @tjarnold.bsky.social attended this private roundtable on infrastructure investment, local growth plans and fiscal devolution.

Next up at Labour Party Conference we join @re-state.bsky.social and @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social for a session on innovation and public services.

Liverpool is a city built on football. As LFC marks a 20th league title and Everton enters a new era at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, we host our 2025 annual lecture and ask: how does football shape our economy, communities and identity? Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heseltine-...

We’re kicking off our Monday at Labour Party Conference with a @lpiphub.bsky.social panel event on local growth featuring our Co-Director Sue Jarvis.

Our first event of the afternoon will explore how the government should successfully implement and enhance devolution across the North of England. We will hear from @allymcgovern.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, @livuniheseltine.bsky.social

How should the government successfully implement and enhance devolution across the North of England? Join us on Tuesday 30 Sept at #Lab25 with @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, @livuniheseltine.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

We're proud to be partnering once again with the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk at this year's party conferences. Join us at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool for a timely discussion on the past, present and future of devolution in the North of England.

How should the government successfully implement and enhance devolution across the North of England? @akashpaun.bsky.social will chair another IfG event with: @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social @livuniheseltine.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

Does this Labour government need its own John Prescott? In a new blog, Honorary Professor Ian Wray and founder of Greenguage 21 Jim Steer ask whether Prescott's approach to regional development and transport infrastrucuture should be revisited. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

"Although the what of English devolution appears to be settled for now, the why remains much more volatile." @jacknewman.bsky.social and @jmchickson.bsky.social discuss the tensions and ambiguity at the heart of the devolution agenda

📢 New Policy Briefing: 'How inclusive workplace support can unlock employment potential for UK working families'. Drawing on research from the Future Families Work network, the briefing explores how to make flexible and inclusive work a reality for all families. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

📢 New Policy Briefing: 'How inclusive workplace support can unlock employment potential for UK working families'. Drawing on research from the Future Families Work network, the briefing explores how to make flexible and inclusive work a reality for all families. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Today we publish the final piece in our Innovations in Public Policy series, exploring key ideas shaping policymaking now—and in the years ahead. With governments facing complex, interlocking challenges, these briefings offer insights into how policy is evolving. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Ever had a bold idea fade as systems snap back to ‘business as usual’? In my final blog for the @livuniheseltine.bsky.social, I share the Imagination-to-Action Framework (IAF) - a tool I developed to turn vision into action. Read: tinyurl.com/yztwva2n

Today we publish the final piece in our Innovations in Public Policy series, exploring key ideas shaping policymaking now—and in the years ahead. With governments facing complex, interlocking challenges, these briefings offer insights into how policy is evolving. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

How can we turn bold ideas into real change? In the final part of a series on imagination in policy, @markswift.bsky.social introduces the Imagination-to-Action Framework (IAF), designed to help policymakers and practitioners move from vision to implementation. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social by @jmchickson.bsky.social and @jacknewman.bsky.social - a timely intervention following the recent publication of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In the second of a three-part blog series on social imagination, our visiting fellow @markswift.bsky.social discusses the importance of tackling fatalism in public policy. How can we reframe what’s visible and what’s valued, and change who gets to decide? www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

With child poverty in the news this week, our latest policy briefing highlights ongoing local work to address child poverty, and outlines a framework to improve household incomes, support families and create inclusive places. www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Great event yesterday on investing in Midlands & North w. @resmedia.bsky.social & @alliancembs.bsky.social. Thanks to Philip McCann & panel: Rudiger Ahrend (@oecdlocal.bsky.social) @zoebillingham.bsky.social (@ipprnorth.bsky.social) Ed Cox, Helen Heap (@livuniheseltine.bsky.social)‪ & Steve Wilson.

New policy briefing. Child and family poverty in the UK is at critical levels. 4.5m children live in relative poverty, 3.1m in deep poverty. Our latest briefing draws on evidence from Cheshire and Merseyside to explore what can be done. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

How can universities support community organising? We joined Liverpool Citizens to hear about the role of universities as anchor institutions, their impact in shaping civic agendas and securing community representation. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

New in our Innovations in Public Polic series – is behavioural public policy moving beyond ‘nudge’? Felicty Algate (Ofcom) and Liz Richardson (University of Manchester) assess the potential of behavioural insights to shape policy outcomes. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

NEWS I @livuniheseltine.bsky.social report calls for changes in the way central government works with Mayoral Combined Authorities, urging Westminster to adopt a genuine ‘devolution mindset’ to unlock full potential of local & regional leadership. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/20/n...

This week saw the launch of a new report by @paulanderson88.bsky.social and @tjarnold.bsky.social on English devolution. Drawing on interviews with key policymakers, the report calls for reforms to how government engages with regional and local leaders. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

A new report by @paulanderson88.bsky.social & @tjarnold.bsky.social explores how Mayoral Combined Authorities work with UK govt in practice. What does effective intergovernmental relations look like in a devolved England?Read it here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

How can we reimagine our communities and public services in more inclusive, hopeful ways? In this new blog, @markswift.bsky.social discusses how we can unlock social imagination, highlighting the importance of fostering creativity to shape better futures. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

A new report by @paulanderson88.bsky.social & @tjarnold.bsky.social explores how Mayoral Combined Authorities work with UK govt in practice. What does effective intergovernmental relations look like in a devolved England?Read it here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

It's not too late to sign up for our webinar on 19 June with @paulanderson88.bsky.social and @tjarnold.bsky.social on The State of Intergovernmental Relations in England. The authors will be joined by a stellar panel to discuss all things English devolution. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau...

🛟 Today's PHPS forum was given by Belinda Tyrrell 📝 On development of the Liverpool Citizens chapter in partnership with @citizensuk.org & @livuniheseltine.bsky.social 🔦 Spotlight on community organisation driving social change on locally identified issues 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...