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LED Confidential is the local economic development podcast from David Marlow (Third Life Economics) and Mike Spicer (PolicyDepartment), tackling the enduring challenges of strategy, leadership, careers and placemaking. Browse the episodes below and filter by topic. Full transcripts are available for each episode.

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LED Confidential podcast episode cover with images of co-hosts Mike Spicer and David Marlow for the episode titled Mayoral Development Corporations: the delivery vehicle that sticks or the latest new toy?

Mayoral Development Corporations: the delivery vehicle that sticks or the latest new toy?

5 November 2026

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11 minutes

Mike and David ask whether Mayoral Development Corporations are the delivery vehicle devolution has been missing, or the latest new toy in the toolbox.

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LED Confidential Espresso Shot cover with hosts David Marlow and Mike Spicer: Heathrow's Infrastructure Skills Council

Heathrow’s Infrastructure Skills Council: future of labour market policy, or a very Heathrow answer to a very Heathrow problem?

29 October 2026

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13 mins

Mike and David ask if Heathrow's Infrastructure Skills Council is a model for linking major infrastructure to local labour market outcomes, or a one-off

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LED Confidential podcast episode cover with images of guests William Hamilton, Megan Smith, and Luke Green (from left to right) for episode "Three pathways, one sector: early career economists in economic development"

Three pathways, one sector: early career economists in economic development

22 October 2026

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45 mins

Three early career economists on how they found economic development, the support that mattered, and what AI means for the next generation of economists.

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LED Confidential Espresso Shot cover with hosts David Marlow and Mike Spicer: local government reform in England and Scotland

Local government reform: England pauses, Scotland redraws

15 October 2026

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12 mins

Mike and David on England's pause on local government reorganisation, Scotland's redraw, and whether either government can say what reform is actually for.

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