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Local/regional/devolved govts need to lead the effort to build a new economy. Many are already engaged in progressive local economic development and #CommunityWealthBuilding.

Here are our 8 priorities for administrations to deepen the approach as they get to work after #LE2021🗳️
1⃣ Focus on wellbeing, not GDP

We need an inclusive economy in which greater consideration is given to the social benefits that flow from, and feed into, economic activity, as @nmcinroy and @DavidB_CLES wrote, back in 2018 👉ow.ly/2pVI50EHinF
2⃣ Support local finance

Rather than attempting to attract national or international capital, community wealth building provides a the mechanisms to increase flows of investment *within* local economies – case studies here 👉 ow.ly/2JcL50EHir4
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Thursday 6th May - local elections are just around the corner...

What are they for? Who are they electing? Why vote?

Your (very long) guide if you live in Northamptonshire:

#LE2021
Northamptonshire was once made up of eight local authorities that had various responsibilities to deliver statutory services.

1. Northamptonshire County Council

Responsible for libraries, highways, education, health, social/children’s services, recycling centres, country parks
Then seven Borough/District Councils.

Responsible for leisure, kerbside waste collection, fly tipping, litter, public bins, some planning, council housing
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Combined weighted national polling from the month before #LE2016 & #LE2017:

CON: 42.0%
LAB: 29.5%
UKIP: 10.3%
LDM: 8.5%
GRN: 3.3%

So by my calculations, LAB need to be within 12.5% of CON in national polling to have a net swing of seats to them in #LE2021.
February 2021 Polling:

CON: 41.6% (-0.4)
LAB: 37.6% (+8.1)
LDM: 6.6% (-1.9)
GRN: 6.3% (+3.0)
RFM: 1.7% (NEW)

Changes w/ 2016-17 combined estimate.

Easy to see how even on a disappointing night for LAB, there should be a fair old swing to them in terms of seats.
Just to breakdown the combined national polling figure for transparency:

LE2016 (2,769 seats)
CON: 35.3%
LAB: 31.9%
UKIP: 15.8%
LDM: 6.0%
GRN: 3.9%

LE2017 (4,851 seats)
CON: 45.9%
LAB: 28.2%
LDM: 10.0%
UKIP: 7.2%
GRN: 2.9%

So seats last up in 2017 could see HUGE swings...
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