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A view on the Work Programme

I have spent a lot of time in the last two weeks looking at aspects of the Work Programme with people from the voluntary and community sector (VCS), social enterprises, prime contractors and even been part of meetings with the minister and shadow minister responsible. The question is, what have I learned?

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Green spaces – who’s stepping into the breach?

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Mixed forecast

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Understanding middle class community activism

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Bristol 2050 – a grand plan with high hopes

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My old house – a snapshot of the post-regeneration landscape

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Can public services learn from the newspaper industry?

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The smoke and mirrors of laissez-faire localism

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A town of no centres

The high street is finished. Part of the argument supporting this view is to do with mobility. As long as you can get somewhere where the greater choices exist, you can spread your life transactions over these geographies. Scale matters. This begins to suggest that the centre of town, well, isn’t.