£500 million of public money could be wasted on the next census according to NLGN research. The report claims that the information gathered will be out of date by the time it is published, will be insufficiently detailed and could underestimate the number of people living in Britain.

NLGN has launched a new website for the new MAA Forum. The Forum is an association of new and potential local authority sub-regional clusters, aiming to deliver a nationally-organised network to pool thinking, and provide a shared secretariat for MAAs, sharing learning, policy and strategy.

Five leading organisations representing and advocating the growth of cities across England, today called for a renewed vision and commitment for the economic development of England’s cities. They rejected a model dependent on mass migration for many cities outside the South East.

Government should avoid using centralised policies to tackle gang violence and knife crime. This research argues that a focus on Whitehall-driven targets does not take into account the diverse nature of gangs and that areas should be able to introduce interventions based on local factors.