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A rebalancing act

We must confront the need for planning structures and incentives that reinforce sustainable and socially ...

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Creating space for community control

Slashed council budgets are leading to more public spaces being placed in the hands of ...

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Making councils a friend of enterprise

Council procurement managers aren’t the enemy of enterprise, Mr Cameron. But with your help they ...

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It’s the season to protect our parks

So where is the money going to come from for green space maintenance? As any ...

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This Big Society game is simply out of touch

It is the world of the headteacher, doctor or bank manager whose word was deferred ...

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Community solutions must become common currency

How can we keep money circulating in our local economies while at the same time ...

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Prosperous outlook

Trafford Council's Nick Gerrard tells Clare Goff why we need the private sector like never ...

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Beware false dawns in economic policy’s winter

A new landscape for economic development is emerging. But is the shrinking of the state ...

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A win-win agreement

Local authorities need residents on board now more than ever as they reshape local services. ...

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The voluntary sector must take its share of the blame

I recently predicted that 2011 would be a ‘bloodbath’ for the sector. Perhaps unsurprisingly my ...