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Hope Street 2: The end of an era for regeneration

The wrong-headed and patronising assumption that people living in poverty are hopelessly dependent on the ...

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Devolution’s age-old problem

Despite cynicism from people of all political persuasions, George Osborne has, since helping to steer ...

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Britain’s big cities don’t have a monopoly on growth

A strong emphasis on the big cities to the exclusion of other places runs the ...

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A bigger ‘northern powerhouse’ will dilute the brand

The ‘northern powerhouse’ has already suffered one major setback. The decision to delay the introduction ...

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Regional growth fund jobs: Strangled by red tape?

The regional growth fund was aimed at kick-starting private enterprise and rebalancing the economy. But ...

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All mapped out?

A study mapping government policies in England shows the importance of understanding the bigger picture, ...

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Never mind Plan B, let’s get Plan A right

It seems we’ve reached the point of advocating something better described as ‘desperate capitalism’: a ...

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Putting the local into LEPs

Karen Leach reveals what proposals from local enterprise partnerships in the west midlands tell us ...

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Decisions, decisions

Are we expecting too much from local enterprise partnerships? Sarah Longlands and Austin Macauley examine ...

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Time to learn from Wales

The greater flexibility that devolution has brought to Wales exposes the shortcomings of England’s approach ...