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Policymakers often think about the economy's strengths in terms of sectors, yet there is a growing gap between the leading firms in any sector and its 'long-tail' of less productive firms. In this blog, Burcu Sevde Selvi and Owen Garling set out an alternative approach to understanding the structure and emerging strengths of the economy in East Anglia.
The post Exploring sectoral relatedness in East Anglia appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

The Treasury has too much power over local government. But creating Treasury-like bodies could ensure each region has the necessary resources, authority and accountability processes to address locally determined priorities and reset the relationship with central government, writes Craig Berry.
The post Here's how to power up local government: put a Treasury in every region appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Keynote speaker Henry Dimbleby, author of the Government's National Food Strategy, shared insights into "why food policy is so damn hard to do" at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference 2024.
The post Fixing our broken food system: where policy meets politics appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

New research, led by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy to look at how Responsible AI - developing and deploying artificial intelligence from both an ethical and legal standpoint - can help drive UK productivity and economic growth.
The post Researchers to address the challenges of rapid advances in artificial intelligence appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Why is the world protesting so much? How has protesting changed over the years? And what impact are mass protest movements having on policymaking? To explore these questions, Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Dr Felix Dwinger (IAST), Dr Giacomo Lemoli (IAST) and Dr Lauren Wilcox (University of Cambridge).
The post What’s the point of a protest? appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Gillian Tett, Financial Times, highlights research by Fuad Hasanov and Reda Cherif, IMF, advocating that encouraging exports rather than slapping tariffs on imports works best.
The post How to tell good industrial policy from bad appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

There's been a growing interest in local government reorganisation from both the Conservatives and Labour. However, the case for reorganisation needs further investigation, with evidence suggesting it could be costly, piecemeal and undermine service performance, write Jack Shaw and Patrick Diamond.
The post Should local authorities reorganise? A review of the evidence appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Geopolitical tensions are on the increase and the governance of AI is at a crossroads. In one direction is a future shaped by a narrative about an AI arms race between warring powers. In another, the technology has the potential to develop in a way that benefits societies across the globe. As AI's transformative potential becomes clear, the new Bennett Institute project, AIxGEO, will analyse the shifting narratives regarding AI and map the potential for a collaborative future. Aleks Turobov explains.
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As part of new ESCoE funded research on shadow prices, Julia Wdowin discusses why it's important to estimate the value of missing capital assets.
The post Measuring and estimating shadow prices appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Surging energy prices in recent years – worsened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and geopolitical tensions – have caused much financial hardship, particularly among vulnerable groups. Policy changes are urgently needed to improve energy efficiency and resilience, writes Filip Mandys.
The post The impact of the European energy crisis: the case of Czech Republic appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Levelling up has barely been whispered in the lead up to the 2024 election. But both main parties declare that devolution is necessary to enhance local and national growth with Labour recently setting out how it can do so and tackle long-standing spatial inequalities in England. Geoff White, Peter Tyler and Colin Warnock argue that, if Labour is serious about adopting a sustained growth and rebalancing strategy, it will have to allocate public funding to reflect local opportunities and needs more closely and secure a step-change in private sector funding into priority sectors and areas.
The post Driving growth through devolution: what's needed to make it happen appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Bristol Ideas exemplifies how a not-for-profit organisation can collaborate with citizens, businesses, and local authorities to enrich a city's cultural assets, thereby bolstering its economic and social welfare. Owen Garling offers insights into the efforts and influence of Bristol Ideas, alongside his personal recollections of the city.
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The US is adopting an interventionist industrial strategy to enhance the fortune of left-behind places. But policies must go beyond national growth imperatives and adopt more explicitly redistributive approaches where social inclusion—through bottom-up, place-based development—is a central aim, writes Grete Gansauer.
The post Cautionary lessons from the US: how American place-based industrial policy leaves behind the 'left behind' places appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

Recent government efforts towards improving public sector productivity, including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget 'public sector productivity drive', are marked by a focus on cost-efficiency, missing an opportunity to introduce other innovation-enhancing measures to the sector, write Ayantola Alayande and Lucy Hampton based on a new productivity working paper with Nina Jorden.
The post Redefining public sector productivity appeared first on Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

As the process of English devolution takes place against a backdrop of financial crisis and dramatic decline in local government, Jack Newman, Sam Warner, Michael Kenny and Andy Westwood make the case for an approach to public accountability steeped in democratic engagement as a key component of the rebuilding process.
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