Insights

At Local Partnerships, we are delighted to support the Partnerships Awards 2025, an event celebrating innovative and impactful public-private partnerships (PPPs). These awards shine a spotlight on collaboration, ingenuity and projects that deliver meaningful outcomes for communities across the UK. This year, Senior Director, Neil Okninski, is honoured to join the judging panel. With over […]

Local Partnerships was delighted to join forces with New Local and Browne Jacobson to facilitate the brand new “Constructing Consensus” Report. The report looks into some important topics including the potential of community-powered development, the role of an active state in enabling regeneration and suggested strategies for improving housing supply through collaborative planning and decision […]

The National Retrofit Hub and Local Partnerships are keen to understand how local authorities are navigating the dynamic and challenging retrofit agenda through the Retrofit Survey. Local authorities are at the heart of delivering the retrofit revolution, but we know they face many strategic, operational, and commercial choices, often within the constraints of limited staff […]

Local Partnerships formally announces the appointment of Robert Razzell to the Board of Local Partnerships LLP. Robert will join the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director and will also take on the role of Chair of the Audit Committee from 1 January 2025, following a transition period with the current incumbent, Susan Johnson, whose term […]

Rhian Mari Thomas and Adele Gritten explain why bridging the local delivery gap will mobilise national net zero investment. Devolution is back on the new administration’s agenda. Mayors and council leaders are set to play a more pivotal role in delivering services, with integrated settlements allowing local areas to focus on their own key priorities.  […]

In this episode, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Locally, Huw Russell, Director in the Climate team at Local Partnerships, and Liz Vango, Sustainability and Climate Change Officer at Hart District Council, share their insights into the crucial role of local councils in combating climate change. The discussion highlights how councils, including Hart District Council, are making […]

Local Authority Climate Service from the Met Office The Met Office is working with the University of Leeds to understand how the Local Authority sector is making use of the recently launched Local Authority Climate Service (LACS), how this information is used by LAs in decision-making/ planning and communicated to stakeholders/ communities/ residents. The task is being […]

Local Partnerships is pleased to announce the release of the new report, PFI Expiry: How London Boroughs Can Get Ahead, developed in collaboration with Future of London, Devonshires, and Airey Miller. It offers essential guidance for London boroughs facing the challenges of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract expiries. It provides clear, actionable strategies designed to […]

Join us in Leeds on 9-10 December for the inaugural Operational PPP Summit, an exclusive event designed to advance the public sector’s role in managing and evolving PPPs and PFIs. The summit is sold out, but limited places are reserved for the public sector.The event will include clinics, panels and roundtables designed to facilitate conversations about how to […]

Reaching climate targets requires significant societal change. Much of the UK’s early success in emissions reduction is based on technical and system change, with the only significant contribution coming from the removal of coal from our electricity generation. A key milestone was hit earlier this year with the closure of the UK’s last coal burning […]

PFI expiry has become an inevitable focus in UK infrastructure conversations as Christmas and New Year remain, mercifully, several weeks away. Yet in UK infrastructure, recent conversations are very much along the lines of “out with the old and in with the new”. Whilst it remains to be seen what any new delivery models might […]

Local Partnerships is proud to look back on yet another successful Wales Climate Week. Wales Climate Week, an annual virtual event organised by the Welsh Government, took place between the 11th – 15th November. It featured ministerial roundtables, information sharing sessions and panel discussions.  Each year, Wales Climate Week focuses on a particular climate issue, […]

We would like to invite you to a free webinar on 21 November at 11am to explore how councils are accelerating affordable housing delivery through partnerships with SMEs. In this session, we’ll explore our SME kickstart initiative and share how Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has successfully implemented this approach.  By working with local SMEs, they’re delivering high-quality, affordable homes. Gain practical insights into contracting SMEs to boost […]

The Beckfoot Trust’s Environmental Strategy, using the Re:fit framework, achieved substantial energy and cost savings, reducing carbon emissions while educating students and the community on sustainability. The Beckfoot Trust developed an Environmental Strategy including a commitment to become more sustainable and energy efficient. Utilising the Re:fit framework, the Trust was able to inspire and educate […]

Carmarthenshire County Council, is advancing its 2030 net-zero goal, reducing emissions by 675 tonnes and saving £315,000 annually through energy upgrades. Carmarthenshire County Council is working toward an ambitious goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. With support from Local Partnerships, the council is implementing a range of energy-saving initiatives across its facilities to […]

Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust is cutting 4,939 tonnes of CO2 and saving £1.25 million annually through energy upgrades supported by the Re:fit framework. Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust is delivering significant benefits by applying the Re:fit framework with support from Local Partnerships. The Trust’s Energy Performance Contracting project is set to reduce […]