Local economies

Podcasts

Weekly Economics Podcast: How can we tackle the climate crisis while levelling up?

Kirsty Styles is joined by Luke Murphy and Rebekah Diski

Kirsty Styles

23 July 2021

Publications

Business in arrears

Preventing collapse in sectors hardest hit by Covid-19

Christian Jaccarini, Emmet Kiberd, Lydia Prieg

30 June 2021

Press Releases

Cancel up to 100% of rent and rent debt for businesses forced to close during lockdown and a proportion for those with reduced turnover

The New Economics Foundation calls on government to provide targeted support for SMEs in sectors hardest hit by Covid-19 to prevent a wave of business evictions

30 June 2021

Blog

Preparing for a just transition in Yorkshire and the Humber

Workers and communities must be involved to ensure a fair approach to industrial change

Rebekah Diski

10 June 2021

Publications

Powering the just transition

Putting workers and unions at the centre of industrial change in Yorkshire and the Humber

Rebekah Diski, Alex Chapman, Chaitanya Kumar

09 June 2021

Blog

Community food systems should be part of the new normal – here’s why

A local, decentralised food system isn’t just good for consumers – it’s got big benefits for farmers and our environment as well

Christian Jaccarini

26 April 2021

Blog

Coastal communities in the time of Covid

In November, we hosted a webinar series on the urgent needs of coastal areas and how nature and people on the coast are key to a green and fair recovery.

Fernanda Balata

04 December 2020

Blog

A coal mine, trust, and just transition in Cumbria

After its legacy of deindustrialisation, attempts to stop a new coal mine in West Cumbria have to bring along disenfranchised workers and communities.

Chaitanya Kumar

26 October 2020