LGA Governance


Agenda item

Agenda item

Industrial Strategy Update

Minutes:

Philip Clifford, Senior Adviser, introduced item five.  He introduced two reports commissioned as part of the LGA’s Local Industrial Strategy Improvement and Support Offer and asked members to comment on a draft letter to the BEIS Secretary of State.

 

Following Philip’s presentation, the Chairman stated that local areas remained unclear regarding the timescales relating to LIS development, but noted that clarity was unlikely to materialise before the summer. As such it was agreed that that the content and timing of the letter should be reviewed in the light of national political developments.

 

Decisions

 

1.    Members noted the LGA’s activity recent activity in relation to the Government’s Review of LEPs, LIS and the UKSPF. 

2.    Members agreed to the proposed next steps for engagement on the Industrial Strategy (detailed in paragraphs 15-16), subject to the caveat that the content and timing of the draft letter should be reviewed in the light of national political developments.

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