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3 weeks ago | 
themj.co.uk | David Brown |Greg Clark |Paul Marinko |Martin Ford
In town halls across the country, planning officers are racing to update their Local Plans — but this time, the process looks very different. In 2025, with major reforms now law and the pressure to deliver new homes and infrastructure rising, the traditional way of doing things is rapidly giving way to something faster, smarter, and — crucially — more democratic.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark
REORGANISATION Bright dawn for reform Greg Clark sees a ‘positive and exciting’ future for local government as reorganisation looms on the horizon. By Greg Clark | 03 December 2024 SHARE Sir Howard Bernstein's memorial service on 12 November will itself live a long time in the memory. The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester – one of Sir Howard's many legacies to the city he served all his life – was packed full of people who had the privilege to know him.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
labourlist.org | Greg Clark
It’s good news that the UK is going to have an Industrial Strategy again. Most other developed countries – our competitors for investment – have thought it important to provide clarity and stability in their approach to business policy. But Britain went the other way, abolishing the Industrial Strategy that I developed following extensive consultation in 2017, and even getting rid of the independent Industrial Strategy Council I established to assess progress.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Graham Smith |Jez Hall |Sandy Forsyth |Greg Clark
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development talks about a ‘deliberative wave' – a noticeable increase in public authorities at all levels of governance commissioning citizens' assemblies, citizens' juries and other deliberative processes. At the crest of that deliberative wave are assemblies and juries focused on aspects of the climate and nature crises.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark
ECONOMIC GROWTH Growing challenges Greg Clark sets out the obstacles the Government’s forthcoming Industrial Strategy must address to achieve growth By Greg Clark | 09 October 2024 SHARE The Government's boldest manifesto commitment is the first of its missions: ‘to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country'.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark |Anna Randle |Cllr Susan Brown |Ann McGauran
As Parliament went into its summer recess last week, the new Government published a draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for consultation. It brought back vivid memories. I did the same on 25 July 2011. I was planning minister in the Coalition Government and I drafted and put out the first ever draft NPPF.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark
Sir Howard Bernstein spent his entire career in public service, but he was one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs in Britain. His success in transforming the life, prospects and renown of Greater Manchester came from a questing mind – always looking for new ways to make a breakthrough – combined with a relentless tenacity. Howard had eyes everywhere. When I was business secretary I would often meet in London visiting delegations of overseas companies looking to invest in Britain.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark
By Greg Clark | 16 April 2024 The unwillingness of either of the Government contenders to make future SEND spending commitments risks the problem not getting the pre-election focus it requires, says Greg ClarkEvery member of Parliament is supporting many young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) obtain the assessment and provision that they need. In my own constituency I have been helping 47 families with SEND needs in the last 12 months alone.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Greg Clark
By Greg Clark | 19 February 2024 Next month’s Budget will have economic growth as its theme. And the General Election campaign – of which the Budget is an opening shot – will feature much talk of which party has the best plan to get Britain growing. Quite right too, because for years now UK growth has been too slow to finance the standard of living we currently have, let alone to provide the more prosperous future we all want.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
elpais.com | Mariana Mazzucato |Greg Clark
Ahora que la cumbre climática COP28 ha concluido, el foco sigue firmemente depositado en la brecha de financiación global. Se calcula que alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 2030 (ODS) exigirá entre cinco y siete billones de dólares por año. Pero no solo debemos asegurar con urgencia el capital necesario; también debemos garantizar que las inversiones de largo plazo estén dirigidas estratégicamente a objetivos ambiciosos.
