1. Local economic growth under the coalition – a ‘glass half full’ or ‘running on empty’... Presentation to Westminster Social Policy Forum Name David Marlow Third Life Economics Date 12 th February 2013

2. Reasons to be cheerful....  LEPs  Local partnership dynamism  Heseltine and autumn statement  City Deals  Eight exist...more to follow  Building blocks for devolution  Community budgets, NPPF and local government resource review?  EU competitiveness CSF

3. Reasons to be sceptical....  National stagnation  Inconsistent and sloppy national policy  Place-blind national policies and programmes  Levels of commitment and the countdown to 2015  Capacity, capability and commitment locally

4. Ingredients for success from the glass half full...  Building the leadership teams of place...  Honesty and strategic coherence  Relationship Management, profile and reputation  Capacity and capability to intervene effectively

5. Managing the interfaces with a government increasingly ‘running on empty’...  Aikido and going with the flow...  Collaboration instead of competitive ‘divide and rule’ games  Local wisdom and creative solutions  Globalism and going around government  Confidence and putting our money where our mouth is...

6. DavidMarlow@thirdlifeeconomics.co.uk Thank you