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Values and behaviours

‘How does this add value to me?’ he asked. He, in this instance, was a process man. The discussion was about a matter of wellbeing. The process man was asking the question from a position of process. The substance of the discussion was about enabling better lives.

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Putting young people at the heart of solutions

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We need the Future Jobs Fund back

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Capital gains

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The urban collective

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Single or duplicitous Work Programme?

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Why wait for government when you can create your own destiny?

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Whether you’re co-op or Big Society – involving communities is key

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Good with local services?

With public services being increasingly marketised, a group of local authorities is looking to the co-op model to ensure the interests of local people are protected. Clare Goff reports

At the inaugural Co-operative Councils conference in mid-September the biggest cheer of the day came when Rochdale Council leader Colin Lambert read out clause IV in response to earlier claims made by the leader of Manchester’s Council, Richard Leese, that co-operatives were not essentially socialist.