HeyJaredLED Confidential
Podcast about local economic development and placemaking. Co-hosted by Mike Spicer of PolicyDepartment and David Marlow of Third Life Economics.
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The return of onshore wind to England: can host communities reap the benefits? (opens the original)
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In this Espresso Shot episode, David and Mike ask who stands to gain as onshore wind returns to England after a decade under a de facto ban. With around 45 applications in the year to March , the highest in ten years, and capacity entering the planning system roughly quadrupling, they look at what England can learn from Scotland, which has more than 10 GW installed, a 20 GW target and a long-standing community wealth-building ambition. They weigh the gap between Scottish ambition and delivery hi
New NPPF: homes, compute and the energy and water question (opens the original)
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In this Espresso Shot episode, David and Mike ask if the new National Planning Policy Framework, published on 17 August 2026, offers an approach that is optimised for local economic development and placemaking or remains primarily a framework for building more homes. They unpack what has changed: a default yes for homes near well-connected stations, a new medium development category, easier approval for employment and clean energy schemes, and stronger support for AI growth zones and data centre
Scotland's tripartite governance test: can devolution go beyond Holyrood? (opens the original)
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In this guest episode David and Mike are joined by David Waite, Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow, to ask what Andy Burnham's "Manchesterism" means for a nation whose devolution architecture is tripartite - involving the UK and Scottish governments and local authorities. They examine Glasgow City Region's bid for a £400 million integrated settlement as Scotland's clearest test case yet, and discuss why David Waite's research counsels caution on importing the mayoral m
What can World Cup 2026 tell us about economic geography? (opens the original)
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In this Espresso Shot episode, David and Mike use World Cup 2026's chaotic build-up and predictable result as a provocation about devolution and place-based funding. If a 48-nation, multi-billion-pound tournament still produced exactly the semi-finalists the rankings predicted, what makes anyone confident that Integrated Settlements and Mayoral Strategic Authorities will dislodge the pre-existing hierarchy of UK places? They debate whether the analogy holds once you widen the lens beyond footbal
LSIPs: the local skills plans more of us should be talking about (opens the original)
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In this Espresso Shot episode, David and Mike make the case that England's new wave of Local Skills Improvement Plans might be among the country's most sophisticated skills planning exercises yet. They trace the leap in quality from the 2022 Trailblazer LSIPs through the first England-wide wave in 2023 to a markedly stronger second wave this year, with employer engagement running to hundreds of businesses per catchment and scale analysis of skills needs from job descriptions. The conversation we
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