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Jeremy Williams Articles from IPPO

  1. Delivering Data-Led Local Policy

    Delivering Data-Led Local Policy

    Bonnie Buyuklieva, Jeremy Williams, Selin Zileli, Maria Wood, Martin Gozzi, Veronica-Nicholle Hera, Ayden McKeating and Sarah Chaytor Local authorities across the UK hold data that could materially improve public services, from planning for net zero to supporting families early and understanding how local labour markets are changing. Yet much of this intelligence remains hard to use in practice. Data is often held in silos, stored in inconsistent formats, and governed for caution rather than collaboration. The result is lost time, duplicated effort, and few opportunities to act timely and impactfully. Delivering Data-Led...

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  2. How to Build Data Capacity and Culture in Local Government

    How to Build Data Capacity and Culture in Local Government

    Bonnie Buyuklieva, Jeremy Williams, Selin Zileli, Maria Wood, Martin Gozzi, Veronica-Nicholle Hera and Thomas Murat This report was republished on Friday 20 February, with an additional foreword. It presents five case studies, cross-cutting findings and scalable recommendations for strengthening data capacity and culture in local government. Please visit the new page here. Download the republished report here.

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  3. Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity

    Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity

    Geoff Mulgan, Jeremy Williams, Hope McGee Across the UK and around the world, Innovation Districts are becoming important engines of productivity, creativity and growth. As part of our work to help governments combat spatial inequality, IPPO launches a new report, produced with collaboration from the UK Innovation Districts Group and UCL’s EPPI Centre, to show how districts can drive success. Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity highlights the key role Innovation Districts can play in facilitating economic growth, while sharing their benefits broadly with local people. As well...

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