Communities

A win-win agreement

Local authorities need residents on board now more than ever as they reshape local services. After a slow start, has the time for neighbourhood agreements finally arrived? Austin Macauley reports

‘Lots of people just don’t have a proper understanding of what their part is in working with the local services. It sets out nice and clearly each side’s part and what’s expected. It’s a two-way thing.’

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Co-ops: don’t be too co-operative about your name

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Rethinking business rates

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Will Ed correct David’s mistake on poor neighbourhoods?

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Tackling an age-old problem

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The vision for Big Society Bank puts profit above compassion

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RGF bidding war exposes a flawed approach

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Let’s work together to help the Big Society Bank get it right

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This daft plan was always heading for the chop

What could cause such a fuss, you might wonder, that would result in 400,000 people, including the likes of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the National Trust and Dame Judi Dench to campaign so vociferously? What would lead The Daily Telegraph to say they’re a national treasure that must be saved and the BBC to question why we’re a nation of tree-huggers?