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Constitutional debate must involve civil society

A new constitutional settlement will be very important but on its own will be insufficient. ...

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Learning and skills, Piketty, and 2020 vision

Piketty is right to argue for diffusion of knowledge and skills as a key enabler ...

Built Environment

We need a broad definition of community energy

Broad community ownership of renewable energy in particular could go some way to transforming the ...

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Communities in control

Yesterday the government announced the latest of its localism initiatives: a programme called 'Our Place' ...

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Can council pensions fund regeneration?

A housing scheme in Manchester is the latest development to fuel debate over the use ...

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Can we afford our diseconomies of scale?

Locality members have reported endless examples of diseconomies of scale to us, from youth services ...

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Citizens NOT shoppers

A vibrant future for our towns means we must reject the idea that they are ...

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The candidates for elected mayor line up

One thing seems clear from general conversations, discussion boards and the press is that people ...

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Indy Johar: reinventing the corner shop

Indy Johar is co-founder of architectural practice 00:/. Through the launch of projects including the ...

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The big sobriety

If we tap into the assets of communities we can make an impact in ways ...