Rosie Lockwood
Associate Director of External Affairs for CLES丨former Mayor of Selby in God's own country丨Social justice, campaigns & comms 丨Toddler mum
- I’m really excited to be recruiting a Comms Officer to work closely with me on CLES’s communications 💫 2026 is going to be a fab year to join us. We’ll celebrate our 40th birthday, launch our new-look brand and website, and we’ve big ambitions to step up our news and advocacy profile 💪🏻 See here 👇🏻
- 🚨 We are recruiting a Communications Officer 🚨 If you are a skilled communications professional who cares about building better local economies, find out more and apply here ⤵️ cles.org.uk/jobs/were-re...
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- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodGreat to have worked with many of England’s mayors, @np-partnership.bsky.social, @centreforcities.bsky.social & @clesthinkdo.bsky.social on helping to make the case 🙌
- Reposted by Rosie Lockwood🥳 Brilliant news that the government are consulting on giving mayors the power to implement a levy on overnight stays. 📈 More power and resources in places means that communities can take charge of their own destiny. www.gov.uk/government/n...
- “In the absence of devolved fiscal powers, regional policymakers can…pre-distribute wealth as it is created (not waiting until after corporations have made their billions to then rely on taxing it)“ @leahmillthorne.bsky.social for the New Statesman👇🏻 www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodReally proud that we are publishing this new work today as part of Reclaiming Our Regional Economies. Making extraction visible - it matters because this is about using public resources effectively in the public interest
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodThe English Devo Bill could rewire economies for people. With @sianberry.bsky.social we're tabling three improvements: 🪙 New clause 31: Community wealth building ❤️ Amendment 255: Health & wellbeing in all policies 🤝 New schedule 1 & new clause 29: Inclusive economies ✒️ cles.org.uk/blog/lets-do...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodWe are proud to announce that our Chief Executive, Dr @sarahlonglands.bsky.social, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the board of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 👏 www.gov.uk/government/n...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodWhen one company – like Jaguar Land Rover – dominates a local economy, its crisis can ripple through communities 🌊 @oliver-chan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk's Jonathan Ray about the impact of the JLR hack + how we need to build resilient, locally rooted economies 📻 ⤵️
- Some ✨ professional news ✨
- 📣 While the PM‘s been reshuffling, we’ve made a key appointment of our own! 👩🏻💼 Welcome @rosielockwood.bsky.social, our new Associate Director of External Affairs! 🧠 Rosie brings a wealth of experience to CLES' work on community wealth building & local economies. 🔗 cles.org.uk/about-cles/p...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodA classroom of children dies every day in Gaza. Yet since the war started in October 2023, only 80 children have been granted visas to come to the UK. ✏️ @amreenqureshi.bsky.social writes about the need for a Gaza Family Visa Scheme 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-gaza-f...
- Reposted by Rosie Lockwood🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉 A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking. 📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next? 🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025 www.ippr.org/events/ippr-...
- Thanks to the RHS for their flower pot men bringing joy to Sheffield train station this morning. Ingenious marketing 🌺
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- Today I’ve published an intervention @ipprnorth.bsky.social on visitor levies 🏨 Backed by calls from Mayors like Oliver Coppard and @davidskaith.bsky.social, the @yorkshirepost.co.uk says it puts pressure on Rachel Reeves to hand over the power to Mayors 🧵
- In the UK, power lies with central government. For every £1 we pay in tax, 96p bypasses local leaders & goes to Treasury This is unusual. In places like Germany, Japan & even France, more tax stays locally to be spent on local priorities. It's called fiscal devolution & it works
- But what do people want? ...To do what they want. In their own place. With their own money Our polling with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social shows that more Britons support than oppose powers being handed to local leaders to raise and spend money locally
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View full threadStill here? Great! Read the full piece here 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/bri...
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- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodToday’s the day 🗓️ The Spending Review is a chance to rewire the economy in favour of regions 🔌 All eyes now on The Chancellor 📺 🔗 politico.eu/article/rach...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodGreat to see a push from mayors for a visitor levy/tourist tax recently. An absolute no brainer. In the UK 5% of tax is raised locally/regionally - compared to 13% in France and 31% in Germany Those countries have DOUBLE the rate of local economic investment That's no coincidence
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- Reposted by Rosie Lockwood‘Am I better off?’ – at a general election, this is THE question voters will ask New analysis shows living standards declined under the last government This government can do better. We set out how. 👇
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- Reposted by Rosie Lockwood🚨 Today, we publish new research that lays bare the scale of child poverty in migrant families. 46% of children in families with non-UK born parents live in poverty - almost double the rate for other children. The govt cannot tackle child poverty without tackling issues in our migration system. 🧵⬇️
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodThis time last week I spoke at the Home Affairs Select Committee about fixing our asylum accommodation system. We urgently need to shift power regionally and locally, improve safeguarding, and move away from mass sites - towards community solutions that work for everyone.
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodThe North holds the key to solving to many of the country’s economic problems, if only we reverse abject underinvestment – where a northerner can expect the gov to spend less on them than their counterpart in London 🔑 ✒️ @rosielockwood.bsky.social for The MJ www.themj.co.uk/change-statu...
- 'Regional income growth is some of the slowest in Europe: real incomes in the majority of European regions have grown at a faster rate than those in UK' Sobering analysis from @niesrorg.bsky.social ⤵️
- What an absolutely terrible metaphor to use for the north of England 👀
- When asked about whether there should be a northern parliament, the shadow SoS says “let’s not reshuffle the deckchairs on the titanic” 🚢 #COTN25
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- Good morning from my part of the North, where all trains to today’s *Convention of the North* are cancelled 🙃
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodHappy new year! 🪇 Looking to the year ahead, @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social have helpfully compiled a list of key moments to look out for, from the Convention of the North to the Comprehensive Spending Review 🔍 Featuring a comment from @rosielockwood.bsky.social 🗣️ thenorthernagenda.co.uk
- Hello from Leeds where I'm joining the Deputy Prime Minister for the launch of the English Devolution White Paper, representing @ipprnorth.bsky.social I'm feeling positive - in a country with deep inequalities, devolution is a promise that must be delivered
- Thriving regions are the engine of national prosperity. Empowering local places with the tools to drive growth & improve living standards is a no brainer. So too is the advent of a transparent, flexible devo framework that replaces backroom negotiations with a ladder that helps to lift areas up
- Shifting power from Whitehall to Town Halls could define this government’s legacy. But getting it right means focussing on the things that will deliver outcomes people can feel – including democratic accountability, fairness & the full box of tools needed to deliver
- “We are taking another step in relighting the fire in our great regions” Deputy PM on her feet, launching the white paper which has just been published here… www.gov.uk/government/p...
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodBritain is famously over centralised (last I looked 96p of ever £1 of tax goes to Whitehall) and local leaders need the right powers to play their part in Labour’s promised ‘national renewal’. A citizens’ jury by Centre for Progressive Policy demonstrated public get the importance of fiscal devo
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- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodShould the boundaries of devolution England follow the lines of ‘functional economic geographies’? Read this great new essay from @rosielockwood.bsky.social & @ryanswift93.bsky.social from @ipprnorth.bsky.social to find out…
- As we look ahead to the English Devolution White Paper, @rosielockwood.bsky.social and I have a new essay out exploring the different ways in which the footprint of devolution deals can be determined. www.ippr.org/articles/the...
- Government will soon publish the English Devolution White Paper 📜 So the question arises again: in a landscape of ad-hoc political geographies & devolution deserts, what shape should devolution take? 🏘️ @ryanswift93.bsky.social & I explore & explain 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/the...
- Reposted by Rosie Lockwood“… humans are messy. So too are the places we live. We don’t fit into neat boxes, and drawing lines that often feel artificial on a map can create more problems than it solves… we need to get serious about how subnational governance, and the communities that it is made of, are organised” Read this👇
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- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodIPPR Scotland director @stephenboydippr.bsky.social responds to today's budget. Stay tuned for further analysis of the budget ⤵️
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodCompletely unacceptable 👇
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodBudget day is here! 🎉 While the headlines are sure to focus on Winter Fuel, NHS spend, and other policy commitments, there is a larger issue which needs addressed: remedying how UK and Scottish budgets cohere and countering the impulse to frontload budgets with expedient, short-termist policies.
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodA great place to start if you're looking for accounts to follow on Bluesky 🦋👇🏼
- Reposted by Rosie LockwoodMy brilliant colleague @rosielockwood.bsky.social has compiled this starter pack of women working in policy, politics, research and media in Scotland - enjoy!
