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Local Government

We need a real devolution deal

We need a new devolution settlement that empowers local areas to forge their own answers ...

Economic Development

How the ‘Highland problem’ became an economic success story

In 1965, a plan was put in place to tackle ‘the Highland problem’, a seemingly ...

Finance

An asset transfer, one year on

There’s growing acceptance of the fact that sending legions of support workers into a troubled ...

Communities Economic Development

Time credits harness the ‘renewable energy’ of people

Time credits help us to value everyone’s contribution and rekindle people’s confidence in their agency ...

Good Local Economics

Forging a good local society

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

Local Government Regeneration

Glasgow: Putting the pieces of an alternative economy together

ISSUE 539: JUNE 2016 *NEW START IN GLASGOW*

Economic Development

Post-Brexit we need to build an economy for the many

The Brexit vote was in part prompted by a sense that people felt abandoned by ...

Communities

Can we tackle poverty locally?

Much of the rationale for devolution has been framed around control and local economic growth. ...

Economic Development Finance

The problem with foreign investment

As the Smith Institute’s latest booklet ‘Britain for sale? Perspectives on the costs and benefits ...

Built Environment

Public health can do more to tackle climate change

The recent transfer of public health services from primary care trusts to local authorities in ...