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IPPR North calls for ‘devolution parliament’

'Power hoarded in Westminster has damaged places like the North where austerity has had a ...

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Austerity stopping planners from serving public, study finds

A lack of resources and ill-thought planning reforms have reduced planning to a more reactionary ...

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Beyond austerity – where we might go and where we should not go

However much we may wish the government to adopt a different and progressive public expenditure ...

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The financial crisis brewing among social housing residents

There is a financial crisis brewing amongst social housing residents in the UK, and the ...

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Why ‘local by default’ must replace ‘diseconomies of scale’

Our report sets out an alternative strategy. We propose that public services should be ‘local ...

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New year, new austerity plans

In my view, the chancellor’s plan is bad news for struggling families and communities that, ...

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The Incredible Edible experiment

What started with slightly anarchic plantings in public places is actually a model that can ...