Report

Collaborative innovation in employment policy: A Liverpool city region case study

This report from UK think tank City-REDI explores how the Liverpool City Region has sustained employment policy innovation.

This policy briefing explores how the Liverpool City Region has sustained employment policy innovation across decades of national change.

Drawing on programmes such as the City Strategy Pathfinder, Youth Employment Gateway, and Households into Work, it shows how trust-based relationships, boundary-spanning roles, and collaborative governance have acted as an ‘invisible thread’ maintaining local capacity for innovation, learning, and co-production despite shifting national frameworks.