Local Enterprise Partnerships
Council and business-led local enterprise partnerships were introduced by the coalition to replace regional development agencies
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BIS should take full responsibility for LEPs, say MPs
26 April 2013The government should appoint a single minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) with responsibility for business-led local enterprise partnerships (LEPs), according to a report by MPs.
Heseltine urges LEPs to 'revolt' against Whitehall for greater powers
19 April 2013Lord Heseltine has urged business-led local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to 'revolt' against central government to demand control over powers and funding.
Cable downplays higher estimates of promised Whitehall funding devolution
19 April 2013The amount of Whitehall funding to be devolved to business-led local enterprise partnerships will not reach the levels envisaged by Lord Heseltine in his economic growth report, said business secretary Vince Cable yesterday.
New HCA boss vows to prove agency's value
18 April 2013The new boss of national housing and regeneration quango the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has said that he wants to prove the organisation's value to the government.
Turley Associates recruits economic planning team
16 April 2013Planning consultancy Turley Associates has established a new economic planning team after recruiting three employees from property consultancy GVA.
Adonis calls for new strategic transport agency for North East
11 April 2013A new transport agency should be set up in England's North East to take on strategic transport planning powers and fund major projects, according to a report by Labour peer Lord Adonis.
Bids open for latest coastal communities fund pot
03 April 2013Local enterprise partnerships, charities, community groups and councils have been invited to bid for the latest round of government funding for regeneration projects in coastal areas.
Government plans to redistribute English EU funding to devolved nations
27 March 2013Plans to redistribute €784 million (£663million) of European growth funding from England to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been announced by the government.
Boles: end of NPPF transition period is no cause for alarm
26 March 2013The end of the transition period for councils to bring adopted local plans in line with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) should not be a cause of concern, planning minister Nick Boles said today.
Councils told to coordinate plans to unlock devolved growth funding
25 March 2013Councils must adopt a "coordinated approach to strategic spatial planning" across the areas covered by sub-regional economic partnerships in order to unlock new devolved Whitehall funding, the Treasury says.
Chancellor announces mortgage guarantee as part of regeneration package
20 March 2013Chancellor George Osborne announced a new government guarantee, which he said would be sufficient to support £130 billion of new mortgages.
Think-tank calls for body to co-ordinate inward investment in North
19 March 2013A report today called for the formation of a new body covering the North of England to increase inward investment in the region.
Treasury tells councils to collaborate in return for Whitehall funds devolution
18 March 2013The government has said it wants local authorities in economic partnership areas to enter formal joint working arrangements before offering them access to the new levels of devolved Whitehall funding recommended by Lord Heseltine.
Cameron 'unhappy with progress of enterprise zones', say reports
27 February 2013Communities secretary Eric Pickles reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister David Cameron over the progress of the government's enterprise zones, according to claims in this morning's newspapers.
Opinion
In Context - Partnerships not ready for power
25 January 2013Maybe David Cameron's non-Euro-pronouncement will give the coalition some space to concentrate on immediate issues of much more direct interest to the great majority of voters outside the foetid atmosphere of Westminster's tea rooms and bars.
In Context - Major cities drift to London model
15 June 2012A correspondent castigated me for my column on city identity (Planning, 01 June, p17). Forget this trivial nonsense about football teams and car licence plates, he wrote. The real point is that city mayors no longer make sense; the new reality is the...
Blogs
Chairmen of the boards
07 April 2011A total of 32 local enterprise partnerships have now been approved, but most have yet to appoint a chair. Sarah Townsend enters the boardroom
Cheerleading for LEPs
09 March 2011A Mipim session chaired by Adam Branson on local enterprise partnerships is music to Eric Pickles' ears
Legal lessons: Why LEPs should be incorporated
07 March 2011Local enterprise partnerships have been issued a stark reminder that their powers would be limited unless they have some sort of legal 'personality', reports Sarah Townsend
Future of LEPs' planning role remains hazy
28 February 2011Sarah Townsend asks if local enterprise partnerships will be able to influence local plan-making to the extent they hope
Potential growth fund bidders in dark over Round 2
01 February 2011Demand for the three-year Regional Growth Fund is far outstripping supply, finds Sarah Townsend
Map: The 24 successful LEP bids
29 October 2010View an interactive map with details of the first wave of local enterprise partnerships
Video
Mark Prisk on the North-South divide
15 October 2010The business and enterprise minister explains why he thinks regional development agencies must be abolished
Grant Shapps on LEP funding
16 July 2010Minister discusses local enterprise partnership funding with Richard Garlick
More LEP news
- European Investment Bank plans to up UK social housing funding to £1bn a year
- Minister reiterates government's appetite for funding devolution
- LEP warns against dilution of Heseltine's £49bn funding devolution
- £474m Local Infrastructure Fund focuses on quick wins
- Birmingham enterprise zone launched by Osborne
- Heseltine: a 'hunger for change' in approach to regional growth
- Black Country enterprise zone deal scrapped
- DfT unveils funding allocations for new local transport bodies
- Second wave of City Deal bids submitted
- West Midlands LEP agrees 'pro-growth' planning protocol
- Heseltine to work with Humber LEP on growth review
- Heseltine to launch Birmingham growth review
- Heseltine slams abolition of regional government offices
- £10m a year funding for LEPs to draw up strategic plans
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