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Greater Manchester launches co-operatives commission

Greater Manchester is famously the home of the co-operative movement in the UK, dating back ...

Communities Housing Local Government

How councils can enable community-led housing

Community-led housing can help councils achieve their strategic priorities.

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Forging a good local society

While national agents of change remain important, the future also has to be about rekindling ...

Local Government

Belfast: Setting the local economy free

ISSUE 538: MAY 2016 *NEW START IN BELFAST*

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A persuasive vision of a future economy

It was a persuasive vision of a future economy – more connected, democratic, using peer ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Is government a social enterprise?

We elect a government to represent our collective interests and on our behalf, collect our ...

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Preston: Building a new local economics

Almost £500m leaks out of Preston each year. Now the council is working with the ...

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What if Christmas was invented in 2014?

The story of Christmas has a magical way of creating a civic spirit that goes ...

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Can we create a digital commons in 2015?

Community ownership is democratised, with residents taking a direct stake through, for example, community share ...

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This New Year needs to be a turning point

This New Year needs to be turning point. A challenge to current orthodoxy and the ...