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Local Government Regeneration

What would council tax reform mean for people and places?

It is clear that no major political party has an appetite to properly address the ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government

The beginnings of a local minimum wage movement

The article in last month's Observer by Gavin Kelly describing the grassroots movement in Seatac, ...

Built Environment Local Government

Ideas for change: Decentralising power

Woking, Stoke-on-Trent and Haringey are just three of the local authorities taking charge of their ...

Built Environment Housing Local Government

The opportunity of solar for housing associations and councils

It’s the ‘leg up’ the sector needed to redistribute the FIT income streams back to ...

Communities Finance Good Local Economics Local Government

Bank lending data by postcode – what does it tell us?

In summary, while it's certainly a 'thumbs-up' that banks are starting to reveal this information, ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Support for those who need it most? Not if the local welfare provision grant is abolished

Residents affected by the abolition of the local welfare provision grant are the same residents ...

Built Environment Communities Local Government

The councils driving local energy production

Rising fuel prices and climate change are pushing energy to the top of the agenda, ...

Communities Economic Development Local Government Regeneration

Eighty years of pain: the UK’s unequal and divergent economy

A greater local control over diminishing resources, whilst the London vortex remains intact, will do ...

Local Government Regeneration

How cities are financing their own energy efficiency

New financial institutions and instruments created by cities such as New York, Melbourne and Berlin ...

Communities Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Council assets can rejuvenate town centres

In a new report - The role and value of local authority assets in town ...