LEP role in industrial strategy
0The District Councils’ Network has welcomed a greater role for local enterprise partnerships outlined in the government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper. John Fuller, chairman of the District Councils’ Network said: “The increased prominence of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will allow strategic growth and local planning and housing authorities to work together on functional economic geographies to build the national economy one local economy at a time. We look forward to using our local leadership role in shaping place based local industrial strategies across England in partnership with the public and private sector.”