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 →
CTP ‘RORES’ into 24!
Dynamic partnership for rewiring regional economies moves up a gear Throughout 2023 CTP has been working with partners laying the foundations for a radical long-term change programme in three of... read more →
CHOOSE HOPE – THE FUEL FOR RADICAL CHANGE
We earmarked January to publish this blog about hope (below). Then Keir Starmer launched Labour’s election campaign, using the title Project Hope. If hope is to become an election buzzword in... read more →
WELLBEING AT WORK
Much more than a fruit bowl in the staffroom Today, the Living Wage Foundation has announced the new rate for the national Real Living Wage* in the UK. Liz Zeidler,... read more →
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SYMPTOM – WHAT’S THE CURE?
Another Climate Week – let's use it as an opportunity to put our house in order, says Liz Zeidler Our world is awash with climate ‘solutions’. From recycled goods to... read more →
The great inflation myth
Inflation is all over the news. Endless debate about whether it is going up or going down, if it’s in or out of control, and what can be done to... read more →
If power corrupts, would devolving power transform?
There is much discussion at the moment in Scotland about whether greater devolution, or indeed independence, would further the country’s ambitions to drive a Wellbeing Economy. At CTP we work... read more →