MORE POWER TO OUR REGIONS
The urgent need for courageous leadership from every UK region CTP's CEO Liz Zeidler chaired a panel for RORE (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) at the 2025 Labour Party conference on... read more →
Fear, Flags and the Far Right
Finding the real enemy, reclaiming local economies and building a better future On Monday 29 September our CEO Liz Zeidler will host a Reclaiming Our Regional Economies (RORE) fringe event... read more →
Stemming the tide of the Great Local Sell-off
Recent headlines about massive local government sell offs have got Liz Zeidler, CTP's Co-Founder, angry. In her new blog she turns her anger to action as she explores the bigger... read more →
SHAPING AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Rarely does the CTP team get excited about a Corporate Plan, but this week we did just that when we read the newly published South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA)’s... read more →
WARMING UP OUR REGIONAL ECONOMIES
Retrofit – being more efficient about energy efficiency The UK has some of the oldest and most inefficient housing stock in the world. This is costly for those of us... read more →
Power to the people
Inspired by recent experiences after Storm Darragh, CTP's Chief Executive, Liz Zeidler, shares insights into the important work Centre for Thriving Places' teams are delivering that are helping rewire local... read more →
A NEW COMPASS FOR COUNCILS
• The blog below by Liz Zeidler first appeared in the Municipal Journal on 2 October 2024.The Thriving Places Index data 2024 has been released for England. Liz Zeidler, co-founder... read more →
The Economics of Racism and Social Division
Following the far right violence in UK towns and cities this summer, LIz Zeidler reflects on how a different economy might help end hate and exploitation A lot is being... read more →
Vote to end the Age of Greed
It’s election week in the UK. Every think tank, campaigning group and charity has published its ‘5 key things’ that the next government must do to solve our collective ills.... read more →
Budget 2024 – the real productivity gap
Last Wednesday, the Chancellor spent quite a lot of his spring budget speech talking about ‘productivity’ and growth. By coincidence, many miles north of Westminster in Yorkshire, CTP and our... read more →