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Does Rachel Reeve’s announcement mark the UK’s liberation day?

20 Mar 2026  |

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out plans for a significant shift in the UK’s economic mo...

Public policy that isn’t public anymore

05 Mar 2026  |

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Public policies and strategies, such as economic development ones, shape where investment ...

Highlighting the Forces Reshaping the Global Workforce

26 Feb 2026  |

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Fault Lines – A New Report From Lightcast   A new report from the labour market anal...
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The New Town Opportunity and Challenge

03 Feb 2026  |

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The case for new towns The case for new towns has returned firmly to the national agenda, ...
rebekah-formosa

Does Rachel Reeve’s announcement mark the UK’s liberation day?

20 Mar 2026  |

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out plans for a significant shift in the UK’s economic mo...

Delivering Good Growth – help us shape the national discussion

26 Feb 2026  |

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Good growth can only be delivered through strong local leadership, practical action and ge...

Boosting subnational inward investment: A blueprint for Economic Growth under the UK’s new Trade and Industrial Strategy

28 Nov 2025  |

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The UK’s revamped industrial and trade strategies along with the enhanced role for the Off...

Industrial Strategy – statement from the iED

23 Jun 2025  |

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Our Executive Director Nigel Wilcock gives the Institute of Economic Development's initial...

Spending Review: The Implications for Economic Development, and Economic Growth

12 Jun 2025  |

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Upon being announced as the Labour Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out a mantra that economi...

Delivering Good Growth – help us shape the national discussion

26 Feb 2026  |

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Good growth can only be delivered through strong local leadership, practical action and ge...

iED roundtable calls for ‘twin track’ model to deliver fairer national growth

31 Mar 2026  |

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Economic development leaders have called for a new model of urban growth, after an Institu...

Institute of Economic Development appoints Clare Elliott to Board

12 Jan 2026  |

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The Institute of Economic Development (iED) has appointed Clare Elliott as a new member of...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council takes home 2025 iED Outstanding Impact award for transformative social value work

02 Dec 2025  |

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council has earned the Outstanding Impact award at the prestigiou...

Transforming West Cumbria wins Social Value Initiative of the Year category at iED Annual Awards 2025

28 Nov 2025  |

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Transforming West Cumbria, led by Sellafield Ltd and Cumbria Community Foundation, has bee...

iED roundtable calls for ‘twin track’ model to deliver fairer national growth

31 Mar 2026  |

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Economic development leaders have called for a new model of urban growth, after an Institu...

Delivering Good Growth

Good growth can only be delivered through strong local leadership, practical action and genuine partnership working.
 
To make sure policy and practice reflect what works in real places, the iED has launched the first draft of our 2026 Delivering Good Growth report, as part of a wider piece of work to help shape a national conversation about what growth should deliver for people and places.
 
Our starting point is simple: growth should not be judged by economic output alone. It should also be judged by whether it improves lives, widens opportunity, strengthens communities and supports long-term environmental progress.
 
This is not a final version of the report. Instead, it is the starting point of a bigger piece of work that we would value your input towards. It already includes several member case studies, but further real-world examples and evidence from across the profession will make it even stronger.  As part of this, we are running a series of online discussion groups focusing on the different report chapters.

Webinar Recordings

iED Webinar: How Universities Can Help Drive Local and Regional Economies

iED Webinar: Global drivers behind UK trade and investment

iED Partner Webinar: Business Tapas

Labour’s first 100 days in government

IED Partner Webinar Edge Hill University approach to identifying businesses with growth potential

Labour Party policy and how it may impact economic development in the UK

Social Value Presentation – a Pragmatic Journey

Delivering in Uncertain Times: real impact of inflation+supply chain disruption on econdev projects?

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