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Economic Development Local Government

SMEs drive the economy but huge regional variations exist

Since 2010, small and medium businesses have created 73% of all the new private sector ...

Housing

Barratt leaves Meridian Water regeneration project

Enfield council refused to sign up to a ‘poor deal for residents’.

Communities

15 mins with Jane Ide: Getting between the cracks of big systems

'Very local, grassroots organisations reach where water wouldn't'

Communities Local Government

How councils help communities raise funds from the crowd

There's a strong case for local authorities and other grant funding organisations to work with ...

Communities Local Government

Developers are barrier to green space plans, say councils

Two fifths of councils said they had difficulty meeting walking and active travel priorities on ...

Communities Economic Development

Regional industrial strategies can help combat growing divide

Half of all jobs in north west of England are insecure

Housing

Councils could build up to 15,000 homes a year, report finds

'Councils are finding ways to build new homes for the people in their communities'

Housing

‘Nothing in planning matters’: Wandsworth leader hits back as London mayor intervenes

'Planning committees across London should be afraid, very afraid'.

Economic Development

Lessons learned from community economic development

'We need community economic development as previous development strategies have not delivered the changes needed'.

Housing

Home ownership a ‘bulwark against populism’, says Localis

'Unless people feel they have a stake in society, then they will not believe in ...