Adam Lent is the Chief Executive of New Local – a think-tank and peer-learning network seeking to deliver a community power vision for public services, society and the wider economy. New Local currently has over sixty local councils in its membership. He has worked previously as Head of Economics at the Trades Union Congress and Director of the Action and Research Centre for the Royal Society for the Arts. He has researched and written extensively throughout his career on democratic engagement, the labour market and public service reform. He holds a PhD from Sheffield University.