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SURVEY: Can councils and residents work together to achieve lasting change in communities?

New Start is partnering with Local Trust to explore how residents and local authorities can ...

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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 ...

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Four ways to tackle poverty in an era of austerity

Despite the significant challenges facing councils, there are still a number of ways which local ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Political parties, listen up! We need a new local economics

Over the years, I have been to dozens of party conferences across all the political ...

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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Book review: Taking Power Back

We live in turbulent times. Post financial crash, we have had a prolonged depression and ...

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How to upcycle your neighbourhood

In Cleveland, Ohio more than a third of people live below the poverty line. Lee ...

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What’s the difference between John Bird and Camila Batmanghelidjh?

Batmanghelidjh’s determination to put her services users first was laudable and in no way atypical ...

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Local areas should embrace English devolution – but on their own terms

Government has made an offer, and I believe local authority political leaders should positively embrace ...

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Keeping the pressure on for more devolution

The current level of devolved power and resource cannot be the fixed deal and must ...