It’s local election week 🗳️

One thing we can be sure of is that turn out on Thursday will be 📉. Why? Because the process of local democracy is not something many people get excited by.

BUT…

They DO care about the outcomes that "the council" actually deliver for them.

🧵 There’s an element of chicken and egg here:

The national funding picture makes it hard for councils to deliver unequivocally positive outcomes for communities, a lack of outcomes means a disengaged local electorate who demand less & less from (& crucially *for*) their council.

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As #localelections approach, we’re reminded that LAs adopting a progressive stance bucked national trends in ‘21.

This time we’ve seen more candidates citing #CWB in manifestos. But what does that mean in practice? We’ve collated examples where they are pushing the ✉️… 🧵 2/6

⬆️ Growth in Islington – led by tech, digital and design – hasn’t created positive outcomes for the local residents who need it most ⬇️

To tackle this @IslingtonBC has adopted a new ✨interventionist ✨ approach to economic development ➡️ ow.ly/5grg50IXK7L

📢 Released today

The final report of England’s first commission to review the use of land for community wealth building, established by @MetroMayorSteve.

Radical, realisable recommendations from independent Commissioners for a new approach to land ➡️ cles.org.uk/our-land At the core of these recommendations are concrete,
realisable steps, which offer staging posts towards this fundamentally different future.

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

Covid-19 has served as a stark reminder that our economic model has failed us.

We need to reset and build a new economy.

Own the Future is an achievable vision and practical guide for local authorities to lead a just recovery and reform.

Read it now 👉 tinyurl.com/ydb4tvzm In Own the Future we present prescriptions for actions that local authorities can take now to ensure a just local recovery, under five themes:

1⃣ Building the local economy to ensure it works harder to serve local people, places and the planet 👇

We're facing a future of business failure, unemployment, social hardship and physical dereliction.

We must reform our economy to one which tackles the climate emergency and builds socially justice.

Today we propose nine ideas for a brighter future.

#Thread 1⃣

Public sector anchors have a key role as commissioners, procurers, employers and owners of land and property. In local anchor networks they can advance and co-ordinate approaches to support the local economy.

Learn more⬇️
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