Radical Reformers ep.24: Simon Kaye

Radical Reformers podcast · Oct 14, 2021 · 54m

This episode is with Dr. Simon Kaye, Senior Researcher at New Local, an independent think tank and network of councils, with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power. At the time of publication, we had just had the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester and the focus was on the ideas of “levelling up”, devolution and the right way to empower local areas and communities to rejuvenate after decades of post-industrial decline. This is where Simon comes in. He is an expert in the work of Elinor Ostrom, a political economist who specialised in localism and whose…