LED Confidential

LED Confidential

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Podcast about local economic development and placemaking. Co-hosted by Mike Spicer of PolicyDepartment and David Marlow of Third Life Economics. Mike, David and guests address the divisive, often unspoken issues facing economic development professionals in 2020s Britain. Website: www.ledconfidential.co.uk

Latest episodeHeathrow’s Infrastructure Skills Council: future of labour market policy, or a very Heathrow answer to a very Heathrow problem?October 29, 2026 · 13 min

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Latest episodes

1. Heathrow’s Infrastructure Skills Council: future of labour market policy, or a very Heathrow answer to a very Heathrow problem?October 29, 2026 · 13 min
2. Three pathways, one sector: early career economists in economic developmentOctober 22, 2026 · 45 min
3. Local government reform: England pauses, Scotland redrawsOctober 15, 2026 · 12 min
4. Universities under pressure: can their place-anchor role survive the sector's cash squeeze?October 8, 2026 · 47 min
5. Civil Service secondments to Mayoral Strategic Authorities: the capacity building we need?October 1, 2026 · 12 min
6. The return of onshore wind to England: can host communities reap the benefits?September 24, 2026 · 10 min
7. New NPPF: homes, compute and the energy and water questionSeptember 17, 2026 · 10 min
8. Scotland's tripartite governance test: can devolution go beyond Holyrood?September 3, 2026 · 40 min
9. What can World Cup 2026 tell us about economic geography?August 27, 2026 · 12 min
10. LSIPs: the local skills plans more of us should be talking aboutAugust 20, 2026 · 10 min

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