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Ecological enterprise zones: Next generation industrial strategy or fool’s gold?

As a new wave of enterprise zones is proposed, Philip Monaghan assesses the inherent contradiction in their attempt to marry growth and ecology

‘Enterprise zones are proving that our long-term economic plan is on track, creating thousands of jobs, attracting billions of pounds of investment and proving Britain is a great place to do business. This is just the start’. So said UK communities secretary Eric Pickles a few weeks ago, as he proposed plans for a second wave of enterprise zones.

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

Sheffield to lose £170m after welfare cuts

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Will city devolution tackle national inequality?

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

We need to talk about debt

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

Introducing the ‘viable economy’

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Devo max or devo mess? A skills response

Communities Good Local Economics Regeneration

Stephen Hewitt obituary: A rebel with a cause

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Macro growth must be blended with micro growth

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

New data maps the reality of complex need

At the launch of the Lankelly Chase report Hard Edges: Mapping severe and multiple disadvantage, there was a strange mix of emotions. Initially I was intrigued. As someone who has been working on the rehabilitation of offenders since 2006, first in the Cabinet Office and then as chief executive of Kent Probation, we had long awaited data beyond that available from the 2002 social exclusion unit which, while excellent at the time, only viewed needs through the prism of offending.