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Divine inspiration

From crumbling wreck to a thriving community hub – Matthew Harrison tells the story of Levenshulme United Reformed Church

When the Inspire Centre, a pioneering development in Levenshulme, south Manchester, won the award for best regeneration project from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, it was truly testament to the unflinching support and hard work of the local community in helping to transform this dilapidated, yet magical, 116-year old church into a vibrant focal point for the whole neighbourhood.

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Public service reform: people power or privatisation?

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Blue sky thinker

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There’s a great opportunity to boost the green economy – we can’t bottle it

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Risky business?

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Championing creativity in all its forms

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Voodoo economic development part II

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Beyond the housing market crisis

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Linking up the ‘five pillars’ can deliver equality

The ‘five pillars’ that support the government’s reform programme must have equality at their foundations. Any notion of ‘fairness’ will come crashing down otherwise, warns Stuart Speeden

‘Freedom, fairness and responsibility’ were the declared principles upon which the coalition government set out its reform programme in May 2010. Less than two years on from this commitment it is unclear how the concept of fairness is measured.