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It’s time to focus on creating jobs where they’re needed most

Richard Lambert, in his last major speech as CBI director-general in January, rebuked the coalition government for its lack of focus on job creation and for so far failing to articulate in big picture terms its vision of what the UK economy might become.

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Decision-makers need to give a damn about design

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Smart spending can keep regeneration on track

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No time for silos

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A year of hard choices – and intelligent debate

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Public space could unlock Big Society’s potential

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What if we built a Big Society around places?

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If multiculturalism has failed, where next for diversity policy?

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The great and the good

What can we learn from the winners of the annual Urbanism Awards? Nicholas Falk investigates

Hebden Bridge won this year’s Great Town Award

With a choice of 75 shortlisted places, it is surely time to draw lessons from the Academy of Urbanism’s annual awards for the policy issues now facing the UK.