The Institute's director, Paul Hackett, wrote for Public Finance on the possible future of LEPs after the publicationof our report Making local economies matter   … [Read more...]

The Guardian's political editor Patrick Wintour quoted Ed Balls and Lord Adonis, in his coverage of the launch of our report Making local economies matter.  … [Read more...]

Ed Balls and Lord Andrew Adonis, writing jointly in Politics Home, commented on our report Making local economies matter, noting the need for strong local growth partnerships in Britain's cities.  … [Read more...]

In the Financial Times John Healey is quoted from our report Making Local Economies Matter, in which he proposes a rationalisation of the 39 local enterprise partnerships.  … [Read more...]

Our report Local authority pension funds: investing for growth was cited in a House of Commons Library Briefing Paper; Local government in England: capital finance.  … [Read more...]

Our report Poverty in Suburbia was covered in Inside Housing. … [Read more...]

Paul Hunter, head of research at The Smith Institute wrote in the New Statesman on the publication of our report Poverty in Suburbia, which shows that 57 per cent of all those who live in poverty live in the suburbs of England and Wales. There are significant socio-economic features in the suburbs which have been largely ignored. … [Read more...]

Nick Garnett of BBC 5 Live went to Middleton, four miles from Leeds city centre to follow up our report Poverty in Suburbia.  … [Read more...]

BBC News UK covered our report Poverty in Suburbia; author of the report and head of research for the Institute Paul Hunter was interviewed on BBC 5 Live's Breakfast.  … [Read more...]