Local Government

A year of hard choices – and intelligent debate

Already 2011 is turning into a strange and uncomfortable year. The discomfort has been widely predicted, and many are already experiencing it as regeneration programmes have ended, community infrastructure is under threat and jobs are being lost.

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Public space could unlock Big Society’s potential

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

What if we built a Big Society around places?

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

The great and the good

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

A reminder of the past – or sign of the future?

Communities Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

The voluntary sector must take its share of the blame

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Psst, got a LEP? Want one?

Communities Finance Good Local Economics Local Government

Eric’s axe leaves local government with impossible decisions

Built Environment Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

A natural connection

Anthony Woods Waters reports on a burgeoning relationship between the US city of Little Rock and Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne enjoys a ‘friendship’ relationship with Little Rock, the state capital of Arkansas. Over recent years there has been a greater impetus to develop this relationship to Sister City status.