Regeneration

Question. What do current local government reforms, and the context in which they are unfolding, have in common with the late 1960s and early 70s?

Soaring unemployment and welfare cuts led to riots in the 1980s. Has a quarter of a century of regeneration made us more resilient to such shocks? Clare Goff visits the scene of a notorious flashpoint to find out

(First published in New Start in August 2010)