📢 New policy briefing! There is increasing concern about the financial viability of some local authorities, with estimates by the LGA suggesting that councils in England are facing a funding gap of £4 billion. English councils are under increasing financial pressures, with 1 in 9 fearing a section 114 notice (effective bankruptcy). Councils have limited levers to address the funding shortfall. The main levers are to raise council taxes, to cut spending on goods and services, or to cut transfers to households. City-REDI's Matthew Lyons and Centre of Economic Scenario Analysis and Research's Kurt Kratena have created a policy briefing that analyses the distributional impact of the actions proposed by the #BirminghamCityCouncil in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to address its £300m budget deficit. It considers how different household groups are likely to be impacted by the potential policy responses to address the deficit using the SEIM-UK economic model. The briefing seeks to provide local governments with the evidence to make better policy decisions. Find out more on our addressing the local authority financial crises webpage: https://lnkd.in/eR_rRhif
City-REDI, University of Birmingham
Higher Education
We use our academic understanding of city regions to develop policy that informs and influences economic growth.
About us
City-REDI (City-Region Economic Development Institute) is a leading evidence-based and policy-focused academic research institute, focusing on finding solutions to people and place-based inclusive economic, social and environmental development. Based at the University of Birmingham, our mission is to work in partnership with people and places to facilitate local, regional and responsible growth for the benefit of all. Our work focuses on the following research areas: Ideas – the generation of new ideas and innovation as essential for creative, successful, and resilient regions. People – focussed on creating successful places through successful people. Infrastructure – including green and blue, digital, energy, transport and housing as essential components of place-based growth and prosperity. Business – businesses as the drivers of employment and skills to drive wealth locally. Places – focused on places, institutions and how key policies come together and interact in positive ways. We run two major research-council-funded projects: the West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI) and The Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub.
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https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/city-redi
External link for City-REDI, University of Birmingham
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- Higher Education
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Birmingham
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- Educational
- Founded
- 2015
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- Economics, Policy, Geography, Regional Development, Innovation, Skills, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Evaluation, Business, Cities, Civic, Data, Education, Geography, Labour Market, Regions, Skills, West Midlands, and Transport
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Birmingham Business School, University House,
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Birmingham, B15 2TT, GB
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As the West Midlands Regional Economic Development Institute (WMREDI) programme draws to a close, join the team in celebrating the key achievements and learning from the WMREDI collaboration on Thursday 10 October at the Exchange, Birmingham. Register online: https://lnkd.in/eDMNe_EB
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City-REDI, University of Birmingham reposted this
📢 Upcoming Event! Gender, Place Leadership and Regional Transformation with Dr Lynette Washington 📅 Tuesday 8 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 📍 Online and Birmingham Business School Join us for our first event as part of the LPIP Hub Seminar Series, where Dr Lynette Washington Centre for Enterprise Dynamics in Global Economies will discuss their paper on gender, place leadership and regional transformation (coauthored with Professor Andrew Beer and Distinguished Professor Carol T. Kulik). Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees from 12:00 - 12:30, with the seminar starting for in-person and online attendees from 12:30. Find out more and register on TicketTailor: https://lnkd.in/eH6cRNJa
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In a new series, we will review the current and historical work of City-REDI & WMREDI. In our first blog, we look at SEIM-UK, an economic model that City-REDI has used to assess the economic impact of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the impact of Council tax cuts. https://lnkd.in/eKyz8p6q
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📢 Application deadline approaching! The LPIP Strategic Co-ordination Hub seeks to leverage expert input into the LPIP programme through a Place Fellowship programme. Find out more and complete the form by 16 September 2024. https://lnkd.in/es4JvbJQ
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In a new series, we will review the current and historical work of City-REDI & WMREDI. In our first blog, we look at SEIM-UK, an economic model that City-REDI has used to assess the economic impact of the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the impact of Council tax cuts. https://lnkd.in/eKyz8p6q
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In under two weeks, we will be joining Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place for their fringe event at the 2024 Labour Party Conference with Y-PERN on economic growth and devolution.
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A very energetic event today here in Birmingham! Lots of great questions from our audience and thoughtful responses from our panel of experts. West Midlands Combined Authority Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation The Japan Foundation
Thank you to our panellists and speakers at our joint event Learning Across Borders with CIPFA today for such insightful panel discussions.
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Research Institute at University of Liverpool
The Heseltine Institute University of Liverpool is convening three fringe events during Labour Party Conference this year. Alongside colleagues from City-REDI, University of Birmingham and Y-PERN, the Institute for Government and Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd, we be discussing economic growth and devolution, net zero and tackling child poverty.
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Thank you to our panellists and speakers at our joint event Learning Across Borders with CIPFA today for such insightful panel discussions.
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