by Glenn | Jul 16, 2024 | VIDEO
The Labour Party, in its manifesto has emphasized economic growth as its main avenue towards increasing tax revenues to help improve public services and help address some of the opportunity challenges and problems in the UK economy We should also think about the...
by Glenn | Jul 16, 2024 | VIDEO
This is Episode 4 of the Foundations videos in Series 1. The Foundations Series 1 is intended to provide people with a background to understanding local and regional economic development and urban regeneration. A short summary of the what the video podcast covers is...
by Glenn | Jul 16, 2024 | VIDEO
The previous UK Labour government that was in power between 1997 and 2010 was very active in local and regional economic development and regeneration. I could write a book and talk for hours about the main lessons (as well as mistakes) from this for the next Labour...
by Glenn | Jul 16, 2024 | VIDEO
The UK Labour Party Manifesto was published this morning (13 June). Here’s a quick summary, and some thoughts below. 5 missions (which have already been trailed in the past month: 1) Economic Growth 2) Clean energy superpower 3) Crime 4) Break down barriers to...
by Glenn | Jul 16, 2024 | VIDEO
Is the UK regional and economic problem really that bad? and why is there so much press about weak UK growth, when on international comparative terms – it doesn’t look so bad? This podcast by Glenn Athey examines the UK’s economic performance, and...
by Glenn | Jun 4, 2024 | VIDEO
Episode 1 of Series 2 reflects on Glenn’s 30 years of professional experience working in local and regional economic development in the UK and gives some advice for the next government that will enter power after the July 2024 election. This is part of Series 2...
