open.spotify.com/episode/6EMXqx… Are tackling #poverty & #inequalities prominent enough in this week's elections? What can local and regional leadership teams do about it anyway? Listen to @MikeSpicer_PD and my thoughts in the latest #LEDCOnfidential espresso shot. What do you think?

ledconfidential.co.uk/episodes/episo… The PAC's report on #levellingup funding was a devastating critique of #DLUHC performance but pulled its punches on solutions. @MikeSpicer_PD and I try to go further in our first April #LEDConfidential espresso shot. Do you think we succeed?

open.spotify.com/episode/0XTebq… Tune in as @MikeSpicer_PD and I explore with Professor #PhilipMcCann his insights on #regionalinequalities, #devolution and the data gaps that, until now, have obscured solutions. A signature #LEDConfidential episode - feedback welcome as ever...

open.spotify.com/episode/2C3QaG… @MikeSpicer_PD and I follow up last week's #LEDConfidential housing espresso shot with an episode on #transportinvestment allocations. Let us know how these will be delivered for maximum #LED and #placemaking impact in your areas...

open.spotify.com/episode/1aPHON… @MikeSpicer_PD & I address #UKhousing in our latest #LEDConfidential espresso shot. Saying its long term and a plan doesn't make it so! What do you think?

open.spotify.com/episode/7ISz0v… @MikeSpicer_PD and I discuss #TotalPlace in our first #LEDConfidential March espresso shot. Will the recent @wearenewlocal report finally propel it to the mainstream of place-based public policy and practice?

open.spotify.com/episode/43h2eJ…… #Budget2024 suggestions from @MikeSpicer_PD and I on your latest #LEDConfidential 'espresso' shot

open.spotify.com/episode/6o8kQG… A great introduction to the relevance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) to #LED and #placemaking as @MikeSpicer_PD and I discuss them and their Voluntary Local Reviews with @alexhiniker in our latest #LEDConfidential episode

Start the week with a #LEDConfidential 'espresso shot', as @MikeSpicer_PD and I discuss @CentreforCities #CitiesOutlook2024, their takes on #levellingdown, #productivity, and #inequalities; and how, more generally, to make the most of thinktank reports. open.spotify.com/episode/00qKYJ…

@DavidJMarlow & I discuss the 'Salford Way' of city transformation with @salford_mayor #PaulDennett on the latest episode of #LEDConfidential. A must-listen for anyone interested in local economic development, urban regeneration and UK #devolution open.spotify.com/episode/1XvNLl…

@MikeSpicer_PD & I chat with Mayor @salford_mayor #PaulDennett on the latest episode of #LEDConfidential. A must-listen for all those involved in #regeneration, #citydevelopment, #localgovernance, and many other related topics open.spotify.com/episode/1XvNLl…

For those interested in #StHelena but also those interested in #Localeconomicdevelopment more generally, @MikeSpicer_PD and I chat to @SusanObey22 in a very special #LEDConfidential episode. Please tell us what you think... open.spotify.com/episode/3jLcni…

Make #LEDConfidential your essential weekend podcast! Our latest episode is a cracker, don't miss out! It's with @thomasforth from @OpenInnovates and @TheDataCity, discussing regional inequalities in the UK 👇 #ukeconomy #localeconomy #economicdevelopment

@thomasforth joins me and @DavidJMarlow on #LEDConfidential for a wide-ranging fireside chat on all things place-based - the role of data in understanding cities, regional inequality, and the importance of #devolution to fixing the UK’s economy. open.spotify.com/episode/1UaUrI…

#chambersofcommerce are as, if not more, #placebased as other #anchorinstitutions. But how do we make the most of their insights, expertise and capabilities? Join @MikeSpicer_PD and I as #LEDConfidential chats with @SCCI_Sara open.spotify.com/episode/3NurHR…

Why #HS2 is/was so important to the UK’s economic development. @DavidJMarlow and I cover in latest episode and blog post from #LEDConfidential ledconfidential.co.uk/post/why-hs2-w…

linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… With @dannydorling's #ShatteredNation published this week, the #LEDConfidential episode @MikeSpicer_PD and I posted with him in July is well worth a revisit

lgcplus.com/politics/devol… Even more #devolution provocations from me...Thanks to @theIED inviting me to do the piece and to @lgc for publishing it. Resonates strongly with latest #LEDC episode - if this piece isn't enough, have a listen or read at #LEDConfidential website

@john_tomaney on #devolution in England and how to do it better. Join John, @MikeSpicer_PD and I as we consider a devolution reboot in the latest #LEDConfidential episode - ledconfidential.co.uk/episodes/episo…

The deal-based haggle approach to #devolution in England has probably gone as far as it can - join @JohnTomaney, @MikeSpicer_PD and I as we discuss the diagnosis and the way forward for devolution in our lates #LEDConfidential episode open.spotify.com/episode/5WSntw…