Good Local Economics

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Real sustainability starts at the local level

There’s a lot in the press these days about quality of life in England – post mortems around the summer riots, debates about the planning laws and ‘sustainable development’, the impact of financial disasters elsewhere.

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Decentralisation won’t bring power to the people

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Let’s talk about value rather than cost

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Bring & Fix

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The value of scale, the power of small

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Is it the fiddler really a rogue?

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Seeing through ‘the fog’: Local government resource review in London

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Book review: Lessons for the Big Society

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Power to the people

The People’s Budget is a new campaign to help community groups get a much bigger say on the money decisions of councils and other local statutory organisations.

Some cities in Brazil and Europe have involved thousands of local residents in the direct decisions about how public budgets are allocated. This involvement leads to more effective spending decisions and a whole host of community cohesion benefits. So far the use of Participatory Budgeting in Britain has been relatively small scale, and crucially, on the terms of the local politicians and officers.