Neil McInroyChief Executive

neilmcinroy@cles.org.uk

@nmcinroy

Centre for Local Economic Strategies

A healthy and virtuous economy

What i CLES?

Independent charity

Economic development but with social fairness and within limits of environment

Publishers:

Established 1985Planners, geographers, local government, environmental scientists, economists

Hybrid; research, consultancy, members

Leading UK member org for research into Economic development

About CLES

Public services are in transition.

social change and austerity

Ageing population

Fragile government finances

We must curb demand. Social and economic determinants of ill health are more important than ever…

We are in a unique moment. A public service ‘paradigm shift’

Public sector crisis

Economic growth is decoupled from

poverty?

HEALTH £5bn

OTHER £3.1bn

BENEFITS £8bn

LOCAL GOV’t £6.1bn

2011/12. Total Public ex-penditure £22.2bn

Changing the public service ‘system’: I.e Greater Manchester

The future?

A new way of doing economics

Models of local governance

Council type/Characteristic

Traditional Welfare

Market Residual/ boardroomcouncil

Collaborative

Drivers State Power of Market Cuts and Austerity

Whole Place

Values Paternalism Choice Small state Resilience, Co-production, cooperation

Management style

Hierarchical Transactional Commissioning Relational, Networks, Empowering

Culture Bureaucratic Contractual Do less Civic entrepreneur-ialism

Typical mode of service delivery

In-house Private sector delivery

Cheapest Mixed economy

Source:Adapted from www.apse.org.uk

Forms of local governance

Public sector

reform

Economic development Healthy societies

Whole system approach

Health as an OUTCOME OF, and INPUT TO, economy success

Effective public services, create Healthier people who place less demands on public services

Public sector as input to economic success

Improving economy reduces demand on public services

Collaborate like mad! Mobilise all sectors

We know it (organisationally?).Challenge is individually doing it!

Move from singular to plural delivery of public services - Outcomes are key, not who delivers

Combining economic growth, healthy societies and public sector reform - Chance through Devolution.

CLES work:Good local economy. http://www.cles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Anchor-institutions.pdf

Local Double Dividend http://www.cles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Double-dividend-v3.pdf

Final thoughts

Centre for Local Economic Strategies

Email. neilmcinroy@cles.org.uk

Website. www.cles.org.uk

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Twitter. @nmcinroy or @clestweet or @newstartmag

Phone. (0044) 161 236 7036